Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics77.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0KV3RP
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210122
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 07 '21 at 01:16
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User MNG-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10700-$232
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
99% Outstanding
Memory 92.1
1-Core 145
2-Core 286
96% 174 Pts
4-Core 568
8-Core 1003
95% 786 Pts
64-Core 1,451
90% 1,451 Pts
Poor: 75%
This bench: 99%
Great: 100%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143
Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 461.37
Performing below potential (70th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.3% Very good
Lighting 98.6
Reflection 98
Parallax 96.9
80% 97.8 fps
MRender 99.6
Gravity 90.4
Splatting 76.8
72% 88.9 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 81%
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9127
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
4.86% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 96.6
Parallax 9.1
5% 37.3 fps
MRender 11.8
Gravity 7.7
Splatting 0.1
5% 6.53 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.86%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016)-$39
553GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 99 143 167 157 176 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Read 160
Write 162
Mixed 65.5
SusWrite 142
96% 132 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.7%
Great: 113%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 9905713-028.A00G 2x8GB
2 of 4 slots used
16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
62% Good
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 18.2
63% 22 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 15.6
46% 16 GB/s
Latency 63.9
63% 63.9 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 62%
Great: 70%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,200 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 125%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 100%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 123%
UFO

System: Dell XPS 8940

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 95% - Outstanding Total price: $565
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