Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.01% 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 Drive113% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory3.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181011
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 29 '20 at 18:34
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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)
76.7% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 108
2-Core 199
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 538
58% 460 Pts
64-Core 546
34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76.7%
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)
6.01% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 17.1
Parallax 5.59
5% 9.64 fps
MRender 7.38
Gravity 6
Splatting 13.7
8% 9.04 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.01%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 224 231 206 207 202 193 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 897
Write 637
Mixed 345
SusWrite 210
116% 522 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 53.5
160% 62.9 MB/s
DQ Read 472
DQ Write 147
DQ Mixed 300
224% 306 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 113%
Great: 141%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
41% Average
MC Read 14.8
MC Write 14.2
MC Mixed 12
39% 13.7 GB/s
SC Read 10.7
SC Write 14.3
SC Mixed 13.9
37% 13 GB/s
Latency 75.2
53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 25%
This bench: 41%
Great: 42%

 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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