Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.43% 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 Drive164% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemDell XPS 17 9700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 03CPGC
Memory6.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200903
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 07 '21 at 23:23
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing below expectations (30th 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 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
76.2% Very good
Memory 68.1
1-Core 112
2-Core 235
75% 138 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 799
75% 626 Pts
64-Core 1,064
66% 1,064 Pts
Poor: 60%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 098F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
5.43% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 53.2
Parallax 6.9
5% 21.9 fps
MRender 8.6
Gravity 6.4
Splatting 9.9
7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 5.43%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc611 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
887GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1081 1090 1119 995 1040 1084 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 727
Write 1050
Mixed 833
SusWrite 1,068
209% 920 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 73.2
4K Mixed 47.7
158% 53.2 MB/s
DQ Read 651
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 603
406% 501 MB/s
Poor: 130%
This bench: 164%
Great: 284%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K6VDX7-MIE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB 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
66.2% Good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 17.8
68% 23.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 20.9
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 106
38% 106 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 96%

 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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