Dell XPS 13 9350

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.29% 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 Drive	86.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

CPU throttled at 33% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell XPS 13 9350 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 07TYC2
Memory	4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180116
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 23:12
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	33%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6200U 135,462 User benchmarks, average bench 41% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	52.4% Above average	Memory 73.8 1-Core 60.2 2-Core 137 54% 90.4 Pts	4-Core 179 8-Core 197 25% 188 Pts	64-Core 191 12% 191 Pts
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 52.4% Great: 55%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 520 (Mobile Skylake) 362,113 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 0704) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	5.29% Terrible	Lighting 5.37 Reflection 8 Parallax 6.25 4% 6.54 fps	MRender 7.95 Gravity 5.43 Splatting 11.4 7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.29% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 708GB free (System drive) Firmware: M3CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 317 334 342 318 230 232 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Read 423 Write 343 Mixed 342 SusWrite 296 79% 351 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 62.7 4K Mixed 35.9 115% 40.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 290 235% 333 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EDFA232A2MA-JD-F-R 2x4GB 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Chip LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	55.5% Above average	MC Read 19.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 9.4 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 9.5 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 92.9 43% 92.9 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 55.5% Great: 85%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 13 9350

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	319x
Core i7-6560UIntelBench 52%, 3,670 samples	271x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	145x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	510x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	266x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 8%, 4,591 samples	5x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	204x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	82x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	64x

RAM
EDFA232A2MA-JD-F-R 2x4GBElpidaBench 62%, 2,139 samples	268x
H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 6,118 samples	239x
H9CCNNNCLTMLAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 62%, 2,527 samples	116x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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