Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 20%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics18.3% 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 Drive225% 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.
Memory12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory9.1 GB free of 12 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime9 Days
Run DateDec 30 '19 at 20:49
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User EGY-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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)
75% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 94.8
2-Core 169
68% 116 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 536
56% 450 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3170
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
18.3% Very poor
Lighting 23.1
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 21.7
19% 20.7 fps
MRender 24.7
Gravity 22.7
Splatting 17.2
17% 21.5 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 18.3%
Great: 18%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung SM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$31
165GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4H0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1160 1152 1155 1156 1147 1156 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
225% Outstanding
Read 1,412
Write 1,095
Mixed 740
SusWrite 1,154
246% 1,100 MB/s
4K Read 48.8
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 57.2
206% 72.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1193
DQ Write 362
DQ Mixed 444
414% 666 MB/s
Poor: 119%
This bench: 225%
Great: 243%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 12GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 4096 MB
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
56.8% Above average
MC Read 21.3
MC Write 20.8
MC Mixed 17.8
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 19
SC Mixed 18
47% 16.6 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 68%

 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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