Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.29% 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 Drive143% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory14 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 21 '19 at 20:03
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing way above expectations (97th 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)
78.3% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 106
2-Core 205
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 391
8-Core 562
60% 477 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9125
Relative performance (0th percentile)
5.29% Terrible
Lighting 6.07
Reflection 4.31
Parallax 5.78
5% 5.39 fps
MRender 6.86
Gravity 6.03
Splatting 8.43
6% 7.11 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 5.29%
Great: 18%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
208GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 292 294 295 295 294 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 1,040
Write 304
Mixed 318
SusWrite 294
107% 489 MB/s
4K Read 41.4
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 37.1
186% 74.1 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 310
DQ Mixed 408
363% 567 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 143%
Great: 147%
17GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 32 32 32 32 32 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
25.2% Poor
Read 101
Write 10.8
Mixed 4.5
SusWrite 31.7
36% 37 MB/s
4K Read 3.5
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.5
61% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 25.2%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 0793 W-P1N54AA 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
71.6% Very good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 28.1
MC Mixed 20.7
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 22.4
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns

 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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