Dell XPS 13 9340 (2024) review

Dell XPS 13 9340 (2024): top-tier office work on unmeasured graphics

The Dell XPS 13 9340 is a $1,084 ultrabook built around an Intel Core Ultra 5 125H with 64GB of memory. Its office index of 96.05 is top-tier — tied for the best office reading among non-gaming machines in this batch — and portability at 83.2 keeps the XPS travel identity intact. The graphics column, however, reads 0: no matched scoring entry exists for this configuration, a coverage gap rather than a measured zero.

Where it holds up

Office at 96.05 is the headline, and the 64GB memory ceiling — double the class median — makes it durable. Reliability at 76 clears the class median of 51 by 49 percent, photo design at 35 is mid-tier, and portability at 83.2 is high-tier. Overall performance at 42.42 is mid-band; for the document-and-browser life this machine is built for, that is sufficient rather than inspiring.

Where it falls short

The named weakness is graphics performance, and the honest framing is that the benchmarks cannot read this configuration at all — the 0 should drive hands-on verification, not a verdict. What is measured is unpromising for GPU work: gaming at 19, 3D modeling at 27, and engineering CAD at 33, all low-band. Value at 21.9 is the third-lowest reading in this batch — a steep price for office excellence, even with 64GB attached.

Price and depreciation

No baseline price exists in the ledger, so the projection runs rate-only at a modeled 11.29 percent per year. On $1,084 that implies roughly $122 of expected first-year loss. Combined with the 21.9 value reading, buyers should assume the premium office identity depreciates faster than the hardware itself merits.

Alternatives to consider

The XPS 13 9345 (2024) at the same $1,084 is the ARM alternative with office at 98.34 — the best outside the gaming class in this batch — and reliability at a perfect 100, in exchange for an x86-unfriendly software reality. The XPS 13 9350 (2024) at the same price carries the 226V platform with a measured office reading of 72.91 but far better value at 49.75. If office-first at Dell is the brief, the Inspiron 13 5330 at the same $1,084 posts office at 88.99 with mobility at 88 — cheaper-feeling hardware, same productivity outcome.

Bottom line

Fairly priced for the class. The 9340 delivers top-tier office work and 64GB of memory in a genuinely portable XPS chassis, with a graphics column awaiting data and value at 21.9 as the batch's third-lowest reading. Buy it for the office life; verify the graphics hands-on before expecting anything else.