Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.51% 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 Drive166% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory17 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime7.8 Days
Run DateJan 23 '20 at 13:48
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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)
76.6% Very good
Memory 84.1
1-Core 97
2-Core 191
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 518
56% 447 Pts
64-Core 505
31% 505 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6951
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.51% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 6.5
6% 10.1 fps
MRender 9.9
Gravity 5.9
Splatting 14
8% 9.95 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.51%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB
763GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 693 664 680 670 670 689 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
166% Outstanding
Read 982
Write 644
Mixed 512
SusWrite 678
157% 704 MB/s
4K Read 36.9
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 45
174% 65.3 MB/s
DQ Read 838
DQ Write 598
DQ Mixed 708
531% 715 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 166%
Great: 201%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
79.6% Very good
MC Read 29
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 26
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 23.1
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 73.3
55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,707 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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