Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.7% 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 Drive126% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (74%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170507
Uptime1.6 Days
Run DateApr 16 '18 at 08:18
Run Duration89 Seconds
Run User SRB-User
Background CPU 74%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 (99th percentile)
70.3% Very good
Memory 80.6
1-Core 90.8
2-Core 187
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 323
8-Core 546
53% 434 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.3%
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)
5.7% Terrible
Lighting 6
Reflection 16.9
Parallax 5.87
5% 9.59 fps
MRender 7.76
Gravity 5.27
Splatting 12.2
7% 8.42 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.7%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 1,390
Write 416
Mixed 635
177% 814 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 94.7
4K Mixed 32.2
139% 52.9 MB/s
DQ Read 33.4
DQ Write 88
DQ Mixed 19.5
27% 47 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 126%
Great: 172%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1A1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
69.4% Good
MC Read 24.9
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 21.5
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 25
SC Mixed 21.3
59% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 79.5
50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 84%

 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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