Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 20%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics18.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive185% 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.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 17 9700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0TFY2T
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200520
Uptime1.5 Days
Run DateOct 29 '20 at 03:26
Run Duration193 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10750H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
70.2% Very good
Memory 71.9
1-Core 101
2-Core 194
69% 122 Pts
4-Core 369
8-Core 586
59% 477 Pts
64-Core 726
45% 726 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)
Dell(1028 098F) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5655
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
18.1% Very poor
Lighting 10
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 41.8
8% 21.1 fps
MRender 52.7
Gravity 40.8
Splatting 44.7
38% 46.1 fps
Poor: 30%
This bench: 18.1%
Great: 47%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$120
457GB free (System drive)
Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1939 1193 1186 1134 914 885 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
185% Outstanding
Read 1,055
Write 1,983
Mixed 1,130
SusWrite 1,208
305% 1,344 MB/s
4K Read 40
4K Write 64
4K Mixed 47.6
156% 50.5 MB/s
DQ Read 498
DQ Write 428
DQ Mixed 484
357% 470 MB/s
Poor: 175%
This bench: 185%
Great: 370%
Pc611 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
358GB free
Firmware: 11001111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1068 740 738 741 736 738 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
169% Outstanding
Read 1,058
Write 1985
Mixed 1,269
SusWrite 794
290% 1,277 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 55.5
179% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 520
DQ Write 490
DQ Mixed 470
362% 493 MB/s
Poor: 129%
This bench: 169%
Great: 273%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (45th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78.8% Very good
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 32
MC Mixed 23.8
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.1
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 22.4
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 97.1
41% 97.1 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 93%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 17 9700 Builds (Compare 1,656 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 17 9700

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