DELL PowerEdge R940 3U rack server 4× Xeon Gold 6130 2.1 GHz 16-core 128 GB DDR4 8× 800 GB SSD

Four-socket Xeon Gold 6130 server

This new DELL PowerEdge R940 is a 3U rack server built around four Intel Xeon Gold 6130 processors, each running at 2.1 GHz with 16 cores. It arrives with 128 GB of DDR4 registered ECC memory installed across eight modules and a Dell PERC H730P controller managing eight 800 GB SATA solid-state drives.

Suits dense compute; not for GPU

The four-socket design suits virtualisation clusters, in-memory databases and high-thread-count workloads that benefit from 64 total cores and up to 6 TB of DDR4 capacity. Buyers who need GPU acceleration, fibre-channel connectivity or a smaller form factor should look at other platforms.

64 cores from four Gold 6130 CPUs

The decisive specification is the quad-processor layout delivering 64 cores at 2.1 GHz base frequency with 3.7 GHz turbo. That core count and memory ceiling determine whether the R940 matches the throughput target for the intended application.