Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 28% Raft	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.36% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	48.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (64%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	5.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170507
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 16 '17 at 08:39
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	64%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.7% Poor	Memory 42.9 1-Core 22.4 2-Core 39.9 24% 35.1 Pts	4-Core 58.9 8-Core 83.7 9% 71.3 Pts	64-Core 81.7 5% 81.7 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.36% Terrible	Lighting 2.43 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 2.31 2% 7.17 fps	MRender 3.71 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 5.04 3% 3.62 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.36% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1644 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 875 (64) Unknown 100 100 6648007 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 53 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 100 (B2) Unknown 100 100 72 (B3) Unknown 100 100 482 (B4) Unknown 100 100 4958 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 33 3538981 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 1 0 (E7) Temperature 92 92 9 (EA) Unknown 100 100 53787777184 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8015171380 (F2) Unknown 100 100 9648095385 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 770457	48.9% Average	Read 486 Write 242 Mixed 323 77% 350 MB/s	4K Read 13.3 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 9.19 45% 15.7 MB/s	DQ Read 16.6 DQ Write 42.9 DQ Mixed 9.08 13% 22.9 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 48.9% Great: 86%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 112GB free Firmware: SDM2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 82 64 156844002 (03) Spinup time 99 99 0 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 571 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 80 60 94124665 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 -104556683852309 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 525 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 52 589299747 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 43 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 32 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 10885 (C2) HDA temperature 35 48 107374182435 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -83485574298629 (F1) Unknown 100 253 4778104986 (F2) Unknown 100 253 10272338461 (FE) Unknown 1 1 8	51.2% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 94.1 Mixed 48.9 56% 75.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 3.99 4K Mixed 0.34 128% 1.58 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.2 MC Write 17.1 MC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.4 GB/s	SC Read 4.8 SC Write 8.8 SC Mixed 7.5 20% 7.03 GB/s	Latency 189 21% 189 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 74%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,509x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,179x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16