Dell XPS 15 9500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics4.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive148% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0XWT2F
Memory1.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201224
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMar 10 '21 at 13:51
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10885H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 84.3
1-Core 141
2-Core 206
83% 144 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 799
78% 638 Pts
64-Core 1,154
71% 1,154 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 097D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
4.9% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 51.4
Parallax 7.4
5% 21.6 fps
MRender 12.9
Gravity 7.2
Splatting 0.1
5% 6.73 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.9%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Cl1-3d256-q11 NVMe SSSTC 256GB
177GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 22301115 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 416 236 231 230 239 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 1,668
Write 1086
Mixed 911
SusWrite 316
220% 995 MB/s
4K Read 14.8
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 23.4
118% 54.3 MB/s
DQ Read 475
DQ Write 737
DQ Mixed 377
350% 530 MB/s
Poor: 69%
This bench: 148%
Great: 168%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA851S6DJR6N-XN 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
55.6% Above average
MC Read 23.6
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 14.8
54% 18.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 19
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 72.9
55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 55.6%
Great: 86%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9500 Builds (Compare 3,137 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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