Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (3rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 97 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 27.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics2.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive61.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y9N5X
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180718
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 09 '18 at 03:30
Run Duration140 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing way below expectations (3rd 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 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
27.8% Poor
Memory 41.7
1-Core 23.5
2-Core 47.9
25% 37.7 Pts
4-Core 76.8
8-Core 124
12% 100 Pts
64-Core 137
8% 137 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 27.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6323
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
2.43% Terrible
Lighting 2.53
Reflection 16.3
Parallax 2.41
2% 7.07 fps
MRender 3.76
Gravity 2.27
Splatting 5
3% 3.68 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.43%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
127GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 257 258 256 256 251 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
61.4% Good
Read 689
Write 285
Mixed 269
SusWrite 257
83% 375 MB/s
4K Read 14
4K Write 17.6
4K Mixed 14.7
49% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 66.1
DQ Write 57.5
DQ Mixed 61.9
46% 61.8 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 61.4%
Great: 147%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
39.6% Below average
MC Read 16.2
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 17.2
47% 16.3 GB/s
SC Read 0.2
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 0.4
8% 2.97 GB/s
Latency 195
21% 195 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 39.6%
Great: 74%

 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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