Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results

Benchmarks - excluding HDD
Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 48% Yacht


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	9.25% is a very low 3D score (GTX 1070 = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	111% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Very high background CPU (49%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC).

Run History

2 months ago, 1 month ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	8.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181002
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '19 at 06:50
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	SGP-User
Background CPU	49%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 202,815 User benchmarks, average bench 66% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	72.7% Very good	SC Int 93.1 SC Float 105 SC Mixed 108 82% 102 Pts	QC Int 358 QC Float 346 QC Mixed 344 79% 350 Pts	MC Int 524 MC Float 591 MC Mixed 557 83% 557 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 80%

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 (94^th percentile)	9.25% Terrible	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 30.5 Parallax 26.9 8% 26.9 fps	MRender 21.6 Gravity 21.1 Splatting 35.7 10% 26.1 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 9.25% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 1,193 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 581 536 523 504 517 528 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 637 Mixed 491 SusWrite 531 123% 543 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 46.4 4K Mixed 33.8 101% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 653 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 580 434% 581 MB/s
Poor: 83% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 171%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 994 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 20.9 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 17%

Surfboard

Desktop 65%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 44%

Speed boat

System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,120

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 66%, 202,815 samples	11,753x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 63%, 62,315 samples	883x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 44%, 39 samples	10x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 7%, 135,835 samples	8,067x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 48,742 samples	4,464x
GTX 1080Nvidia $528Bench 122%, 465,183 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 121%, 8,836 samples	2,236x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 197%, 18,636 samples	1,320x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $108Bench 144%, 10,667 samples	948x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 69%, 28,191 samples	5,197x
HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GBHynixBench 56%, 10,291 samples	1,488x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 72%, 2,602 samples	958x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $366	Nvidia GTX 1070 $379	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $100
AMD Ryzen 5 2600 $159	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $230	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $85
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $113	Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti $808	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $93

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $45	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $95	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $128
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $711	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $48
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $40	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $100	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12