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Dell XPS 15 9550

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Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.99% 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 Drive	166% 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.

Run History

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

System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190225
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 23 '19 at 08:27
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 97.3 2-Core 188 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 360 8-Core 540 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.99% Terrible	Lighting 6.07 Reflection 17 Parallax 6.78 5% 9.94 fps	MRender 9.1 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 278GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1038 834 809 808 890 795 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,252 Write 1,512 Mixed 920 SusWrite 862 256% 1,137 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 81.9 4K Mixed 29 134% 48.7 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 386 DQ Mixed 457 358% 502 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 235%
WDC WDS100T2G0A- 1TB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 88% 389GB free, PID 1068 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 41 41 34 20 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	42.5% Average	Read 39.5 Write 38.7 Mixed 36.5 SusWrite 35.4 51% 37.5 MB/s	4K Read 9.9 4K Write 8.7 4K Mixed 8.7 629% 9.1 MB/s	DQ Read 10.6 DQ Write 11.8 DQ Mixed 9.4 760% 10.6 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	70% Good	MC Read 26.1 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 21.8 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 22.2 54% 18.9 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 76%

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Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

Gunboat

Workstation

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,510x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,180x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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