Dell XPS 13 9350

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 53% Yacht	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	6.84% 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	69.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

CPU throttled at 22% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell XPS 13 9350 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 06D13G
Memory	0.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	3200 x 1800 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200210
Uptime	2.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 03 '21 at 22:35
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ZAF-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	22%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6560U 3,670 User benchmarks, average bench 52% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Memory 64.8 1-Core 79 2-Core 74.1 48% 72.6 Pts	4-Core 242 8-Core 237 32% 240 Pts	64-Core 185 12% 185 Pts
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 63%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Graphics 540 6,448 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 0704) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 9.6 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 9.5 8% 9.17 fps	MRender 9.7 Gravity 10.7 Splatting 0.2 5% 6.87 fps
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 19,151 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 43GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 187 193 167 182 181 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	69.6% Good	Read 467 Write 245 Mixed 550 SusWrite 186 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 19.4 4K Write 52.3 4K Mixed 27.1 92% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 317 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 165 145% 220 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 207%
WD Elements 1TB 55 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 931GB free, PID 0711 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 137 129 128 135 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 144 Write 146 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 131 143% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.4 35% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 47%
TOSHIBA MK8040GSX 80GB 38GB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 31 30 31 30 31 31 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	14.5% Very poor	Read 27.6 Write 31.5 Mixed 21.1 SusWrite 30.7 38% 27.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 59% 0.7 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Elpida EDFA232A2MA-JD-F-R 2x4GB 2,139 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB Chip LPDDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	71% Very good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 40.4 MC Mixed 16.9 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 20.3 SC Mixed 15.9 44% 15.6 GB/s	Latency 114 35% 114 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 85%

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

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Gaming 9%

Tree trunk

Desktop 46%

Yacht

Workstation 8%

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System: Dell XPS 13 9350

CPU
Core i5-6200UIntelBench 41%, 135,462 samples	319x
Core i7-6560UIntelBench 52%, 3,670 samples	271x
Core i7-6500UIntelBench 46%, 102,213 samples	145x

GPU
HD 520 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 4%, 362,113 samples	510x
Iris Graphics 540IntelBench 7%, 6,448 samples	266x
Iris 540 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 8%, 4,591 samples	5x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	204x
THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 148%, 19,151 samples	82x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	64x

RAM
EDFA232A2MA-JD-F-R 2x4GBElpidaBench 62%, 2,139 samples	268x
H9CCNNNBJTMLAR-NUD 2x4GBHynixBench 58%, 6,118 samples	239x
H9CCNNNCLTMLAR-NUD 2x8GBHynixBench 62%, 2,527 samples	116x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	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