Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	61.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20211007
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '22 at 20:54
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-11400-$134 24,459 User benchmarks, average bench 94% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	90.7% Outstanding	Memory 73.3 1-Core 155 2-Core 313 95% 181 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 806 88% 696 Pts	64-Core 895 55% 895 Pts
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 90.7% Great: 101%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super)-$295 180,577 User benchmarks, average bench 59% Dell(1028 1365) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 471.41 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	61.8% Good	Lighting 80.8 Reflection 77.7 Parallax 76.1 66% 78.2 fps	MRender 64.2 Gravity 74.9 Splatting 60.3 54% 66.5 fps
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 62%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM991a Samsung 256GB 1,499 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: 26302039 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 371 397 380 399 256 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 744 Write 580 Mixed 596 SusWrite 366 128% 571 MB/s	4K Read 39.3 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 56.1 205% 78 MB/s	DQ Read 797 DQ Write 626 DQ Mixed 806 577% 743 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 205%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 931GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 174 144 151 146 153 205 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 326 Write 326 Mixed 304 SusWrite 162 63% 280 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 38.4 4K Mixed 27.1 90% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 136 DQ Write 136 DQ Mixed 133 101% 135 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 99%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 931GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 72 78 75 86 142 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 195 Write 107 Mixed 80.6 SusWrite 87.8 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 151% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 109%
StoreJet Transcend 320GB 112 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 34GB free, PID 2509 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 0.4 24 28 27 28 32 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Read 4.8 Write 5.3 Mixed 7.3 SusWrite 23.2 15% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.3 4K Mixed 0.2 18% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4DFRA32A.M8FR 2x8GB 1,251 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 39.7 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.2 85% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 21.5 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 25.4 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 94 43% 94 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 108%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $225Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,460x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,830x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,154x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,092x
RTX 3060Nvidia $250Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	993x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	833x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	643x

RAM
HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 65%, 1,864 samples	653x
M378A2G43AB3-CWE 2x16GBUnknownBench 79%, 764 samples	539x
M378A1G44AB0-CWE 2x8GBUnknownBench 63%, 886 samples	396x

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Value: 95% - Outstanding

Total price: $565

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16