Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics18% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive217% 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
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory25.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161007
Uptime5.2 Days
Run DateJul 17 '19 at 20:28
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th 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)
71.5% Very good
Memory 79.9
1-Core 97.2
2-Core 174
68% 117 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 525
54% 433 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.2531
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
18% Very poor
Lighting 22.7
Reflection 17
Parallax 19.5
18% 19.7 fps
MRender 24.4
Gravity 22.2
Splatting 17
17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 18%
Great: 18%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02du7 NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
808GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1024 987 1112 1200 1248 1298 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
217% Outstanding
Read 1,125
Write 1,390
Mixed 933
SusWrite 1145
259% 1,148 MB/s
4K Read 42.4
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 59.8
206% 74.9 MB/s
DQ Read 944
DQ Write 777
DQ Mixed 650
544% 790 MB/s
Poor: 96%
This bench: 217%
Great: 247%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.7% Good
MC Read 24.3
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 21.2
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 18.6
56% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 80.8
50% 80.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,710 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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