Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.8% 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 Drive121% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 23 '20 at 01:10
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 (99th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 83.3
2-Core 192
67% 118 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 518
53% 428 Pts
64-Core 509
32% 509 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards 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)
5.96% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 8.65
Parallax 6.38
5% 7.04 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 12.8
8% 9.21 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.96%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2060S (Super)-$510
CLim: 2145 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.8% Outstanding
Lighting 112
Reflection 108
Parallax 125
92% 115 fps
MRender 158
Gravity 106
Splatting 95.5
95% 120 fps
Poor: 90%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 106%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
63GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 190 165 160 151 153 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 1008
Write 516
Mixed 367
SusWrite 193
115% 521 MB/s
4K Read 32.7
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 30.3
151% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 580
DQ Write 488
DQ Mixed 494
381% 521 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 121%
Great: 172%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
70.2% Very good
MC Read 26.2
MC Write 26.2
MC Mixed 22.6
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 27.1
SC Mixed 21.5
61% 21.5 GB/s
Latency 82.2
49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.2%
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 1,708 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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