Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics6.58% 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 Drive181% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y9N5X
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime10.4 Days
Run DateSep 23 '20 at 08:07
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.8% Good
Memory 75.9
1-Core 105
2-Core 192
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 522
54% 433 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.8%
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)
6.58% Terrible
Lighting 7
Reflection 17.1
Parallax 7.03
6% 10.4 fps
MRender 9.24
Gravity 6.37
Splatting 13.4
8% 9.68 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.58%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
223GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 762 920 519 560 515 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
181% Outstanding
Read 1,414
Write 1,399
Mixed 950
SusWrite 657
248% 1,105 MB/s
4K Read 27.5
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 58.6
180% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 698
DQ Write 523
DQ Mixed 583
443% 601 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 181%
Great: 235%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
69.8% Good
MC Read 25.4
MC Write 27.2
MC Mixed 22.3
71% 25 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 26.9
SC Mixed 22.1
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 88.5
45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.8%
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 1,708 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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