Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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. 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.31% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0X2P13
Memory5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160831
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 28 '20 at 08:34
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6300HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.5% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 99.7
2-Core 190
72% 125 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 358
48% 360 Pts
64-Core 356
22% 356 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 66%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
5.31% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 8.54
Parallax 5.5
5% 6.58 fps
MRender 7.38
Gravity 4.4
Splatting 11.1
7% 7.64 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.31%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshib MQ02ABF100 1TB
885GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DS00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 89 93 103 107 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
47.8% Average
Read 72
Write 97.3
Mixed 44.6
SusWrite 94.4
56% 77.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.7
121% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 27%
This bench: 47.8%
Great: 57%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF51264HZ-2G1A2 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
67.9% Good
MC Read 24.5
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 20.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 19.8
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.9%
Great: 74%

 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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