Dell XPS 15 9500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.26% 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 Drive154% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 05XYW7
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200814
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 23 '20 at 04:46
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
83% Excellent
Memory 74.9
1-Core 138
2-Core 270
87% 161 Pts
4-Core 490
8-Core 705
75% 598 Pts
64-Core 954
59% 954 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 83%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 097D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8280
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.26% Terrible
Lighting 7
Reflection 49
Parallax 8.56
6% 21.5 fps
MRender 12.5
Gravity 7.43
Splatting 16.3
10% 12.1 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.26%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PC SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GB
708GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11121012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 651 866 894 912 929 894 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
154% Outstanding
Read 1220
Write 1,021
Mixed 1,033
SusWrite 858
232% 1,033 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 43.7
4K Mixed 37.5
129% 39.7 MB/s
DQ Read 526
DQ Write 78.8
DQ Mixed 133
141% 246 MB/s
Poor: 143%
This bench: 154%
Great: 332%
WD Blue SN550 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74
729GB free
Firmware: 211070WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 641 823 804 800 792 756 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 1,085
Write 994
Mixed 1,007
SusWrite 769
217% 964 MB/s
4K Read 37.1
4K Write 40.9
4K Mixed 34.2
122% 37.4 MB/s
DQ Read 548
DQ Write 85.3
DQ Mixed 160
157% 264 MB/s
Poor: 164%
This bench: 142%
Great: 276%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6DJR8N-XN 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (78th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
91.2% Outstanding
MC Read 35.7
MC Write 34.8
MC Mixed 29.1
95% 33.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 36.4
SC Mixed 27.6
78% 27.4 GB/s
Latency 90.6
44% 90.6 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9500 Builds (Compare 3,131 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9500

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