Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.41% 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 Drive157% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160831
Uptime1.8 Days
Run DateMar 25 '17 at 13:32
Run Duration83 Seconds
Run User ISR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Memory 86.8
1-Core 108
2-Core 190
75% 128 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 550
59% 468 Pts
64-Core 545
34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4483
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.41% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 16.5
Parallax 6.81
6% 9.99 fps
MRender 8.62
Gravity 6.03
Splatting 14
8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.41%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
245GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
157% Outstanding
Read 1,582
Write 542
Mixed 729
208% 951 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 21.7
150% 61 MB/s
DQ Read 419
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 20.3
116% 267 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 157%
Great: 172%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 23.4
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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