Dell XPS 15 9500

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 99.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	7.19% 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	326% 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	64GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 64GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 77% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9500 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell
Memory	55.7 GB free of 64 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200313
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 25 '20 at 03:55
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	77%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-10980HK 7,777 User benchmarks, average bench 84% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 4.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	99.8% Outstanding	Memory 90.5 1-Core 159 2-Core 316 102% 188 Pts	4-Core 585 8-Core 1,020 97% 803 Pts	64-Core 1328 82% 1328 Pts
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 99.8% Great: 96%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 097D) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7870 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	7.19% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 58.1 Parallax 8.81 6% 24.5 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 16.5 11% 12.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 7.19% Great: 7%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 1024GB 3,869 User benchmarks, average bench 240% 806GB free (System drive) Firmware: 15302129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2287 1875 1560 1566 1565 1561 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	326% Outstanding	Read 2,559 Write 2,351 Mixed 1,841 SusWrite 1,736 476% 2,122 MB/s	4K Read 58.2 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 75.9 246% 82.8 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 854 DQ Mixed 931 693% 920 MB/s
Poor: 146% ↑ This bench: 326% Great: 357%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A4G43AB1-CWE 2x31.5GB 2,607 User benchmarks, average bench 92% 2 of 2 slots used 63GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	85.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 25.2 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 35.1 SC Mixed 26.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 85.9% Great: 103%

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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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System: Dell XPS 15 9500

CPU
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	2,128x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples	531x
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	371x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	2,082x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	979x
RTX 3070-TiNvidia $600Bench 158%, 218,061 samples	7x

SSD
NVMe KIOXIA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 262%, 4,912 samples	231x
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc611Bench 201%, 6,137 samples	227x
SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GBPCBench 229%, 3,901 samples	219x

RAM
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples	354x
HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GBUnknownBench 80%, 7,504 samples	313x
M471A1K43DB1-CWE 2x8GBSamsungBench 86%, 69,946 samples	266x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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