Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.59% 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 Drive71.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180223
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateJul 18 '18 at 14:57
Run Duration106 Seconds
Run User EST-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 102
2-Core 197
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 549
55% 446 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4331
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.59% Terrible
Lighting 5.2
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 6.5
4% 9.64 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 6.17
Splatting 13.7
8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.59%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
220GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 116 112 89 109 106 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
71.4% Very good
Read 1,168
Write 99.9
Mixed 150
SusWrite 110
81% 382 MB/s
4K Read 40.1
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 3.6
66% 15.2 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 235%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
76.2% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 24
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.2%
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 1,712 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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