Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.44% 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 Drive	85.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	8GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0JHP5H
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181002
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 27 '21 at 16:12
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	RUS-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 100 2-Core 198 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 400 8-Core 400 54% 400 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4574 Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 29.9 Parallax 6.5 5% 14.2 fps	MRender 6.6 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 10.3 6% 7.4 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKW256G8 256GB 4,898 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 153GB free (System drive) Firmware: LHF002C SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 256 266 268 270 269 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	85.6% Excellent	Read 439 Write 278 Mixed 271 SusWrite 261 70% 312 MB/s	4K Read 25.3 4K Write 75.7 4K Mixed 37.7 127% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 204 175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 113%
Toshiba MQ02ABF100 1TB-$55 6,063 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 760GB free Firmware: DS001D SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 103 102 102 103 103 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 101 Write 104 Mixed 46.2 SusWrite 102 64% 88.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston MSI24D4S7S8MB-8 1x8GB 8,446 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	42.5% Average	MC Read 15.9 MC Write 15.8 MC Mixed 11.8 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 11.3 34% 11.9 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 44%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	278x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16