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Dell XPS 15 9550

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Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	213% 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.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170507
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 02 '17 at 18:23
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 522 58% 456 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7290 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	18.1% Very poor	Lighting 23 Reflection 17.2 Parallax 19.5 19% 19.9 fps	MRender 23.8 Gravity 22.8 Splatting 16.9 17% 21.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 18.1% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 14,022 User benchmarks, average bench 160% 332GB free (System drive) Firmware: 57DA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 1,900 Write 1,047 Mixed 1,354 317% 1,433 MB/s	4K Read 32.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 57.9 183% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 400 DQ Write 297 DQ Mixed 171 176% 289 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 235%
WD Elements 2TB 35,768 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 1.5TB free, PID 10b8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 93.4 Write 100 Mixed 69.6 112% 87.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.2 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 44%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB 1,006 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	MC Read 26.4 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.7 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 21.6 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 76%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,514x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,183x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	505x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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

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