Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.4% 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 Drive	172% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0427JK
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210723
Uptime	5.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 07 '21 at 08:35
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-11700-$217 20,430 User benchmarks, average bench 98% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	73.1% Very good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 91.3 2-Core 177 67% 116 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 659 61% 510 Pts	64-Core 931 58% 931 Pts
Poor: 87% ↑ This bench: 73.1% Great: 106%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon RX5600 447 User benchmarks, average bench 74% Dell(1028 3910) ≥ 4GB Ram: 6GB, Driver: 20.45.24.05 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 124 Parallax 132 83% 119 fps	MRender 92.6 Gravity 100 Splatting 78.1 73% 90.4 fps
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 78%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN530 WDC 512GB 1,978 User benchmarks, average bench 170% 201GB free (System drive) Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 742 466 246 264 241 254 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 1,555 Write 1605 Mixed 1204 SusWrite 369 265% 1,183 MB/s	4K Read 44.1 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 56.3 203% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 624 DQ Write 469 DQ Mixed 544 408% 546 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 244%
OWC Mercury EXTREME Pro 6G SSD 480GB 197 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 304GB free Firmware: P1225C SusWrite @10s intervals: 398 415 422 416 424 409 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	97.1% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 374 Mixed 283 SusWrite 414 88% 393 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 37.5 128% 46.6 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 278 DQ Mixed 204 172% 249 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 97.1% Great: 99%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 882GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 92 95 95 94 94 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	42.6% Average	Read 54.3 Write 57.9 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 93.8 50% 67.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.6% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMAA1GU6CJR6N-XN 2x8GB 1,864 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	63.3% Good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 17.6 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 19.9 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	75	23.8"	1280 720	VSCB032 VP2468 Series

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Desktop 100%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,452x
Core i7-10700Intel $232Bench 93%, 71,010 samples	1,829x
Core i5-11400Intel $134Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,417x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,090x
RTX 3060Nvidia $279Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	992x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	830x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	641x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16