Dell XPS 8940

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 90%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 intensive workstation, and even full-fledged server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 101%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is outstanding.
Graphics5.01% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive184% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 8940  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0427JK
Memory25.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210904
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 02 '21 at 18:46
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (40th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-11700K-$270
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.6 GHz, turbo 4.75 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
101% Outstanding
Memory 72.3
1-Core 177
2-Core 351
104% 200 Pts
4-Core 690
8-Core 1,106
110% 898 Pts
64-Core 1,674
104% 1,674 Pts
Poor: 86%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 750
Dell(1028 09C5) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
5.01% Terrible
Lighting 8.8
Reflection 15.3
Parallax 11
7% 11.7 fps
MRender 1
Gravity 1
Splatting 1
1% 1 fps
Poor: 5%
This bench: 5.01%
Great: 8%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV1T02 KIOXIA 1024GB
738GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 601 602 601 600 599 608 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
184% Outstanding
Read 779
Write 712
Mixed 655
SusWrite 602
154% 687 MB/s
4K Read 52.3
4K Write 157
4K Mixed 75.9
259% 94.9 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 1,063
724% 886 MB/s
Poor: 162%
This bench: 184%
Great: 320%
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2018)-$50
2TB free
Firmware: 1003
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 124 127 131 131 127 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 53% Great: 106%
USB Flash Disk 8GB
7GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 5 5.5 5.3 5.5 5.5 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
8.76% Terrible
Read 31.1
Write 22.4
Mixed 15.5
SusWrite 6.7
23% 18.9 MB/s
4K Read 5.3
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.6
57% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 8.76%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMAA2GU6AJR8N-XN 2x16GB
2 of 4 slots used
32GB DIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.4% Very good
MC Read 37.5
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 21.4
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 21.6
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.6 GB/s
Latency 96.2
42% 96.2 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 103%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 8940 Builds (Compare 10,168 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: 96% - Outstanding Total price: $556
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