Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 84.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics5.61% 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 Drive170% 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.
SystemDell XPS 17 9700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0CXCCY
Memory26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201230
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 22 '21 at 23:58
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10875H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
84.7% Excellent
Memory 82.6
1-Core 144
2-Core 267
90% 165 Pts
4-Core 465
8-Core 936
83% 700 Pts
64-Core 1,190
74% 1,190 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 84.7%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 098F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
5.61% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 87.8
Parallax 6.3
5% 33.4 fps
MRender 10.1
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 8.6
7% 8.17 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.61%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv1t02 NVMe KIOXIA 1024GB
706GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 905 970 879 1030 1376 1421 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
170% Outstanding
Read 935
Write 1213
Mixed 820
SusWrite 1,097
230% 1,016 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 72.3
4K Mixed 51.1
156% 52.6 MB/s
DQ Read 484
DQ Write 276
DQ Mixed 571
374% 444 MB/s
Poor: 161%
This bench: 170%
Great: 332%
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 (71st percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
90.2% Outstanding
MC Read 34.3
MC Write 34.1
MC Mixed 27.7
92% 32 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 39.7
SC Mixed 29.5
84% 29.4 GB/s
Latency 75.9
53% 75.9 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 95%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 17 9700 Builds (Compare 1,659 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 17 9700

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