Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 102% UFO	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 103%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics	79.2% 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	182% 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.

System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200729
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '20 at 15:35
Run Duration	235 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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PC Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10700-$233 71,010 User benchmarks, average bench 93% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	103% Outstanding	Memory 94.9 1-Core 115 2-Core 300 92% 170 Pts	4-Core 594 8-Core 1,098 101% 846 Pts	64-Core 1,610 100% 1,610 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 103% Great: 100%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-Ti-$143 318,562 User benchmarks, average bench 76% Dell(1028 375D) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 460.79 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Lighting 102 Reflection 100 Parallax 90.7 83% 97.5 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 90.7 Splatting 79 72% 89.6 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 15,775 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410104 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1003 516 289 293 239 155 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	182% Outstanding	Read 1,490 Write 1,374 Mixed 1,257 SusWrite 416 254% 1,134 MB/s	4K Read 43.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.9 200% 70.1 MB/s	DQ Read 907 DQ Write 645 DQ Mixed 670 529% 741 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 182% Great: 216%
Samsung 860 Evo 2TB-$275 44,466 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 461 467 469 470 470 471 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 499 Write 463 Mixed 418 SusWrite 468 104% 462 MB/s	4K Read 24 4K Write 75.3 4K Mixed 36.6 123% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 329 248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 133%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 852GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2310 2208 1539 1551 1549 1545 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	314% Outstanding	Read 2,391 Write 2,317 Mixed 1,835 SusWrite 1,784 468% 2,082 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 70.1 227% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 867 648% 862 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 314% Great: 410%
Toshiba HDWR180 8TB 1,295 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 890GB free Firmware: 0603 SusWrite @10s intervals: 141 142 138 144 142 144 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Read 118 Write 108 Mixed 51.8 SusWrite 142 76% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.8 147% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 130%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB 760 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 7TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 167 174 172 174 168 174 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 125 Write 110 Mixed 75.3 SusWrite 171 88% 120 MB/s	4K Read 2.1 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.7 221% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64AZ-3G2J1 2x8GB 914 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (58^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	83% Excellent	MC Read 33.6 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 34.2 SC Mixed 27.6 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 57.4 70% 57.4 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 87%

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Workstation 123%

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System: Dell XPS 8940

CPU
Core i7-11700Intel $217Bench 98%, 20,430 samples	4,450x
Core i7-10700Intel $233Bench 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 $274Bench 100%, 447,556 samples	991x

SSD
BC711 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 211%, 3,695 samples	829x
BC511 SK hynix 512GBNvmeBench 160%, 1,575 samples	737x
KBG40ZNS512G KIOXIA 512GBNvmeBench 158%, 4,729 samples	640x

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: 96% - Outstanding

Total price: $557

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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