Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.07% 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	141% 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.

Very high background CPU (99%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181002
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '18 at 15:34
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	99%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 212 73% 131 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 583 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 560 35% 560 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.07% Terrible	Lighting 7.27 Reflection 24.3 Parallax 7.06 6% 12.9 fps	MRender 9.05 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 16.2 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.07% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 200GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 463 392 426 446 311 412 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 719 Write 503 Mixed 921 SusWrite 408 144% 638 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 54.6 192% 68.6 MB/s	DQ Read 753 DQ Write 490 DQ Mixed 536 422% 593 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 170%
USB Mass Storage Device 64GB 181 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 59GB free, PID 121c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.9 9.2 10 9.7 9.9 8.7 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	12.3% Very poor	Read 17 Write 12.7 Mixed 13.8 SusWrite 9.6 17% 13.3 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.9 188% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 12.3% Great: 18%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 16GB-$6 19,339 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 15GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 19 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	20.1% Poor	Read 84.3 Write 20.5 Mixed 27.7 SusWrite 20.5 42% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0.7 4K Mixed 1.1 81% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 20.1% Great: 35%
ASMT 2115 250GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 157GB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 229 Write 200 Mixed 97.2 210% 175 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 10.2 4K Mixed 11.2 786% 12.3 MB/s	DQ Read 15.7 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 10.8 772% 12.2 MB/s
Poor: 13% Great: 259%
SanDisk Ultra USB 2.0 32GB 771 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 30GB free, PID 556c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 7.2 7.8 8.2 7.3 8.5 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	4.76% Terrible	Read 14.7 Write 13 Mixed 9.2 SusWrite 7.4 14% 11.1 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 0.1 4K Mixed 0.1 18% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.76% Great: 11%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.6% Above average	MC Read 23.6 MC Write 22.2 MC Mixed 18.2 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 16.3 SC Mixed 16.4 42% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 82.7 48% 82.7 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 58.6% Great: 78%

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

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,704x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,579x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,409x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	278x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,167x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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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