Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive142% 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.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y9N5X
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180718
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateOct 11 '18 at 08:24
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 (99th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Memory 88.5
1-Core 84
2-Core 171
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 290
8-Core 551
50% 420 Pts
64-Core 535
33% 535 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 122
Parallax 107
101% 118 fps
MRender 98.8
Gravity 123
Splatting 99.2
87% 107 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 96.3%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 561 560 555 550 552 556 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 707
Write 570
Mixed 369
SusWrite 556
123% 551 MB/s
4K Read 36.2
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 36.7
162% 62.4 MB/s
DQ Read 801
DQ Write 577
DQ Mixed 565
456% 648 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 142%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
72.1% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 21.4
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 19.8
56% 19.6 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 79%

 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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