Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 61.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26% 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 Drive	187% 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 (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181002
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 24 '19 at 13:56
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	LTU-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing as expected (44^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	61.5% Good	Memory 61.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 218 72% 133 Pts	4-Core 337 8-Core 445 50% 391 Pts	64-Core 130 8% 130 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 61.5% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1050 (Mobile) 160,694 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 07BE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3186 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	26% Poor	Lighting 33.1 Reflection 16.9 Parallax 12.1 27% 20.7 fps	MRender 35.7 Gravity 32.7 Splatting 22.7 24% 30.4 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 26% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 443GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1440 1017 579 576 563 597 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	187% Outstanding	Read 1,509 Write 1189 Mixed 1119 SusWrite 795 258% 1,153 MB/s	4K Read 35.6 4K Write 51.2 4K Mixed 47.4 142% 44.7 MB/s	DQ Read 791 DQ Write 709 DQ Mixed 705 541% 735 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 187% Great: 296%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 143GB free Firmware: 9300 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 113 116 116 112 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	46.7% Average	Read 50.2 Write 88.9 Mixed 94.4 SusWrite 112 64% 86.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 46.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 28,425 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	45.7% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 15.2 MC Mixed 19.8 50% 17.5 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.5 SC Mixed 8.4 23% 8 GB/s	Latency 123 33% 123 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 45.7% Great: 84%

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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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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	278x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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