Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics12.8% 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 Drive144% 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.
Very high background CPU (47%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9560  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 05FFDN
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170109
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 16 '17 at 03:57
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 47%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
71.4% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 102
2-Core 195
72% 126 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 525
53% 431 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07BE) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7306
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
12.8% Very poor
Lighting 10
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 32.3
8% 18 fps
MRender 26.5
Gravity 32.7
Splatting 22.8
22% 27.3 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 12.8%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
416GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,559
Write 556
Mixed 661
202% 925 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 86.8
4K Mixed 31.7
147% 52.7 MB/s
DQ Read 42.6
DQ Write 132
DQ Mixed 132
88% 102 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 144%
Great: 170%
SanDisk Ultra Fit 124GB
112GB free, PID 5583
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
34.5% Below average
Read 143
Write 38.1
Mixed 51
79% 77.4 MB/s
4K Read 3.98
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.58
85% 2.01 MB/s
Poor: 9%
This bench: 34.5%
Great: 37%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.3% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 21.1
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 25.9
SC Mixed 18.8
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 68.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9560 Builds (Compare 4,018 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Total price: $1,300
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