Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics93.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive125% 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.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 13 '20 at 12:21
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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)
75.6% Very good
Memory 84
1-Core 110
2-Core 202
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 550
57% 457 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.3% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 90.3
Parallax 6.47
5% 34.5 fps
MRender 8.9
Gravity 5.5
Splatting 13.4
8% 9.27 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.3%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
Gigabyte(1458 3791) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.7% Outstanding
Lighting 117
Reflection 128
Parallax 112
96% 119 fps
MRender 105
Gravity 123
Splatting 103
90% 111 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 110%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
146GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 568 565 527 441 243 226 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
125% Outstanding
Read 1,057
Write 574
Mixed 426
SusWrite 428
138% 621 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 131
4K Mixed 39.5
176% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 36.8
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 40.8
42% 64.7 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 125%
Great: 172%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74.8% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.3
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 73.5
54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,712 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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