Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.99% 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 Drive204% 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160630
Uptime4.9 Days
Run DateJun 07 '19 at 20:05
Run Duration179 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 88.3
1-Core 102
2-Core 205
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 353
8-Core 539
55% 446 Pts
64-Core 175
11% 175 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
5.99% Terrible
Lighting 6.23
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 5.94
5% 9.77 fps
MRender 8.62
Gravity 5.6
Splatting 12.9
8% 9.03 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.99%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
134GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 736 702 705 677 675 659 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
204% Outstanding
Read 1,903
Write 1,190
Mixed 621
SusWrite 692
244% 1,102 MB/s
4K Read 43.5
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 53.6
193% 68.9 MB/s
DQ Read 849
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 461
374% 545 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 204%
Great: 283%
Samsung Portable SSD X5 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 1P3QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 133 137 133 140 139 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
59.4% Above average
Read 773
Write 128
Mixed 215
SusWrite 136
68% 313 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 3.3
75% 17 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.4%
Great: 288%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 34.9
MC Mixed 29.4
91% 31.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 35.9
SC Mixed 25.4
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 69.3
58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,707 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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