Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics4.43% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive139% 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
Memory8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190225
Uptime10.1 Days
Run DateJul 22 '19 at 16:11
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User HKG-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing as expected (47th 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)
73.1% Very good
Memory 82.3
1-Core 101
2-Core 189
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 499
53% 422 Pts
64-Core 532
33% 532 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
4.43% Terrible
Lighting 5.9
Reflection 17
Parallax 6.88
5% 9.91 fps
MRender 9.24
Gravity 6.27
Splatting 0.09
4% 5.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 4.43%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
249GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 800 730 541 702 556 729 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 800
Write 1,177
Mixed 798
SusWrite 676
195% 863 MB/s
4K Read 26.2
4K Write 81.4
4K Mixed 41.7
136% 49.8 MB/s
DQ Read 578
DQ Write 475
DQ Mixed 373
321% 475 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 139%
Great: 235%
Asmt ASM1352R-Fast 720GB
407GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 331 339 329 321 311 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
52.5% Above average
Read 310
Write 220
Mixed 274
SusWrite 322
63% 281 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 15.6
49% 14.2 MB/s
DQ Read 123
DQ Write 103
DQ Mixed 114
85% 113 MB/s
WDC WDS100T2G0A- 1TB
390GB free
Firmware: 0000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 143 99 3.5 200 211 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
31.6% Below average
Read 316
Write 250
Mixed 182
SusWrite 145
50% 223 MB/s
4K Read 9.9
4K Write 10.9
4K Mixed 7.8
31% 9.53 MB/s
DQ Read 16.7
DQ Write 15.8
DQ Mixed 15.8
12% 16.1 MB/s
Poor: 25%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.1% Good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 26.3
MC Mixed 21.6
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.4
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 18.8
54% 18.8 GB/s
Latency 76.4
52% 76.4 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 68.1%
Great: 76%

 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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