Dell XPS 15 9530

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 69.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics9.18% 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 Drive118% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9530  (all builds)
MotherboardDell XPS 15 9530
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display3200 x 1800 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 08 '18 at 11:59
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4702HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
69.5% Good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 95.5
2-Core 181
70% 120 Pts
4-Core 300
8-Core 458
47% 379 Pts
64-Core 459
28% 459 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.5%
Great: 72%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GT 750M
Dell(1028 05FE) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
9.18% Terrible
Lighting 10.4
Reflection 9.38
Parallax 12
8% 10.6 fps
MRender 13.4
Gravity 11.9
Splatting 13.4
11% 12.9 fps
Poor: 6%
This bench: 9.18%
Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$109
400GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 459 452 450 470 468 454 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 469
Write 444
Mixed 395
SusWrite 459
100% 442 MB/s
4K Read 38.4
4K Write 96.3
4K Mixed 53.3
178% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 380
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 360
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 118%
Great: 134%
Micron C400 RealSSD mSATA 32GB
30GB free
Firmware: 07MH
SusWrite @10s intervals: 54 55 55 55 55 55 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
47.6% Average
Read 408
Write 54.4
Mixed 90.1
SusWrite 54.6
33% 152 MB/s
4K Read 25.4
4K Write 46.5
4K Mixed 14.3
81% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 134
DQ Write 52.9
DQ Mixed 28.4
38% 71.6 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 47.6%
Great: 49%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
57% Above average
MC Read 21.7
MC Write 21.2
MC Mixed 16.5
57% 19.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 17.7
SC Mixed 19.9
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 74
54% 74 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 57%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9530 Builds (Compare 1,320 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 107%
UFO
Workstation
Workstation 31%
Sail boat

System: Dell XPS 15 9530

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