Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 65.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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 Drive159% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, , 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateDec 22 '18 at 07:24
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
65.5% Good
Memory 78
1-Core 83.3
2-Core 166
64% 109 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 533
49% 409 Pts
64-Core 529
33% 529 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 65.5%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.26% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 9.23
Parallax 6.59
5% 7.5 fps
MRender 8.71
Gravity 5.87
Splatting 12.9
8% 9.15 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.26%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
101% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 140
Parallax 124
105% 131 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 129
Splatting 106
94% 115 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 101%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB
160GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1031 944 888 773 703 613 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 826
Write 978
Mixed 729
SusWrite 825
190% 840 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 88.8
4K Mixed 41.4
144% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 747
DQ Write 666
DQ Mixed 721
536% 711 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 159%
Great: 188%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.2% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 24.8
MC Mixed 20.9
67% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 20.2
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 84.3
48% 84.3 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 76%

 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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