Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 99% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	77% 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	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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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System	Dell XPS 8940 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KV3RP
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201112
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 15:03
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	23%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 4.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	96.7% Outstanding	Memory 93.3 1-Core 149 2-Core 289 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 537 8-Core 1,057 94% 797 Pts	64-Core 1,551 96% 1,551 Pts
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 96.7% 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: 460.89 Performing below potential (70^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77% Very good	Lighting 98.3 Reflection 96.8 Parallax 96.4 80% 97.2 fps	MRender 99.3 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 76.1 71% 88.2 fps
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 81%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40zns512g NVMe KIOXIA 512GB 15,775 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 267GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1016 790 315 314 320 315 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 1,231 Write 1,335 Mixed 1,149 SusWrite 512 238% 1,057 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 62.1 4K Mixed 46.6 154% 49.8 MB/s	DQ Read 566 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 250 228% 357 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 216%
WD Blue 1TB (2012)-$31 3,105,054 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 560GB free Firmware: 13057113 SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 186 185 182 184 184 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 210 Write 175 Mixed 104 SusWrite 184 123% 168 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 1.2 229% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 109%
SAMSUNG HD400LD 400GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 267GB free, PID fcfe Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 5.3 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	9.15% Terrible	Read 28.9 Write 30.2 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 5.3 29% 22.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.7 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 9.15% Great: 16%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 7GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.7 4.9 6.8 6.8 7.1 6.7 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 113 Write 15.1 Mixed 23.4 SusWrite 6 36% 39.4 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 3.6 223% 3.67 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 35%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 443GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 17 17 18 17 18 18 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	Read 67.8 Write 32.4 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 17.3 44% 37.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.8 66% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 45%
Hitachi HDS5C3030BLE 3TB 48 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID c005 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 134 135 135 135 135 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	55.2% Above average	Read 138 Write 119 Mixed 32 SusWrite 134 137% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.5 84% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 55%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GU6DJR8N-XN 8A7600008A76 LD4AU008G-H3200GST 16GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 3200, 3200 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	81.6% Excellent	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 23 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 27.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 86%

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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 $136Bench 94%, 24,459 samples	1,153x

GPU
RTX 3060-TiNvidia $340Bench 128%, 442,467 samples	2,421x
UHD Graphics 750IntelBench 7%, 15,464 samples	1,092x
RTX 3060Nvidia $255Bench 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	642x

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) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16