Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive141% 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
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180718
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 02 '18 at 06:49
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76% Very good
Memory 81.7
1-Core 99.8
2-Core 181
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 538
58% 459 Pts
64-Core 534
33% 534 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2602 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 133
Parallax 123
105% 128 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 131
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung MZFLV512HCJH-000MV 512GB
213GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV75M0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 567 572 569 536 535 532 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 696
Write 581
Mixed 398
SusWrite 552
125% 557 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 37.9
159% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 814
DQ Write 580
DQ Mixed 586
468% 660 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 141%
Great: 161%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 19
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 24.5
SC Mixed 20.2
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 77.5
52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 66.1%
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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