Dell XPS 13 9350

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	9.26% 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	126% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 22% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 13 9350 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 09JHRY
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3200 x 1800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190122
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	Jun 23 '19 at 10:16
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	22%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6560U 3,670 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	52.5% Above average	Memory 73.5 1-Core 66.4 2-Core 121 53% 87 Pts	4-Core 185 8-Core 181 24% 183 Pts	64-Core 181 11% 181 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 52.5% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Graphics 540 6,448 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0704) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6890 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	9.26% Terrible	Lighting 10.9 Reflection 11.3 Parallax 11.3 9% 11.2 fps	MRender 9.48 Gravity 10.5 Splatting 15.3 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 9.26% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 568 559 573 530 550 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 871 Write 578 Mixed 388 SusWrite 557 133% 598 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 32.9 134% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 345 263% 356 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 172%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix H9CCNNNCLTMLAR-NUD 2x8GB 2,527 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Chip LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	62.7% Good	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 21.3 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 17.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 93.6 43% 93.6 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 9%

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Desktop 46%

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Workstation 8%

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System: Dell XPS 13 9350

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	319x
Core i7-6560UIntelBench 52%, 3,670 samples	271x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	145x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	510x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	266x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 8%, 4,591 samples	5x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	204x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	82x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	64x

RAM
EDFA232A2MA-JD-F-R 2x4GBElpidaBench 62%, 2,139 samples	268x
H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 6,118 samples	239x
H9CCNNNCLTMLAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 62%, 2,527 samples	116x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16