Dell XPS 13 9370

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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 Drive	156% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 90% 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 9370 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0F6P3V
Memory	9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181104
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 12 '18 at 23:29
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	90%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8550U 184,356 User benchmarks, average bench 53% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 72.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 236 78% 143 Pts	4-Core 435 8-Core 557 63% 496 Pts	64-Core 535 33% 535 Pts
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Zotac(19DA 1471) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2800 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 177 Parallax 170 132% 170 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 106% 131 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 349GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 602 606 602 604 601 599 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,104 Write 878 Mixed 960 SusWrite 602 199% 886 MB/s	4K Read 36.4 4K Write 86 4K Mixed 49.8 164% 57.4 MB/s	DQ Read 729 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 502 379% 520 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 215%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NVD 2x8GB 10,159 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips LPDDR3 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (37^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64.2% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 16.9 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 20.6 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 95.3 42% 95.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 71%

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 56%

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Workstation 9%

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System: Dell XPS 13 9370

CPU
Core i7-8550UIntelBench 53%, 184,356 samples	812x
Core i5-8250UIntelBench 53%, 234,942 samples	203x
Core i5-8350UIntelBench 52%, 19,808 samples	97x

GPU
UHD Graphics 620 (Mobile Kaby Lake R)IntelBench 5%, 420,154 samples	1,119x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	9x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	6x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	197x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	124x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	105x

RAM
H9CCNNNCLGALAR-NVD 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 10,159 samples	380x
MT52L1G32D4PG-093 2x8GBMicronBench 66%, 14,288 samples	204x
K4EBE304EB-EGCG 2x8GBSamsungBench 64%, 14,699 samples	197x

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Total price: $46

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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