Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.73% 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 Drive290% 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.
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
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory2.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 22 '20 at 09:11
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User HKG-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.9% Very good
Memory 85.7
1-Core 92.6
2-Core 194
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 508
54% 433 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.73% Terrible
Lighting 7
Reflection 17.2
Parallax 6.94
6% 10.4 fps
MRender 9.76
Gravity 6.47
Splatting 14.3
9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.73%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$94
779GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42AZS6AC Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1296 1050 1528 1734 1741 1705 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
290% Outstanding
Read 2,283
Write 1,754
Mixed 120
SusWrite 1509
314% 1,417 MB/s
4K Read 48.4
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 75.5
237% 83.5 MB/s
DQ Read 914
DQ Write 516
DQ Mixed 558
457% 663 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 290%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
68.1% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 19.7
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 20.9
58% 20.3 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.1%
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 1,714 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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