Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 27%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics5.53% 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 Drive115% 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 (94%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory4.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171017
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 08 '18 at 15:45
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU 94%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th 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 2.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
19.6% Very poor
Memory 11
1-Core 50.1
2-Core 94.4
26% 51.8 Pts
4-Core 151
8-Core 238
24% 194 Pts
64-Core 484
30% 484 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 19.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.53% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 16.6
Parallax 2.25
5% 8.34 fps
MRender 4.1
Gravity 5.4
Splatting 12.2
6% 7.24 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.53%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 1,293
Write 469
Mixed 717
181% 826 MB/s
4K Read 18.3
4K Write 50.8
4K Mixed 32.4
96% 33.8 MB/s
DQ Read 89.4
DQ Write 95.4
DQ Mixed 51.6
50% 78.8 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 115%
Great: 170%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
MC Read 5.9
MC Write 1.5
MC Mixed 4.4
11% 3.93 GB/s
SC Read 1.6
SC Write 6.2
SC Mixed 1.8
9% 3.2 GB/s
Latency 395
10% 395 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 41%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,707 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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