Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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 Drive144% 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 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200213
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 08 '21 at 20:38
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70% Good
Memory 76.1
1-Core 107
2-Core 163
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 496
53% 420 Pts
64-Core 488
30% 488 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.61% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 17.7
Parallax 3.9
5% 9.27 fps
MRender 7.2
Gravity 6.4
Splatting 10.1
7% 7.9 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.61%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
837GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 698 790 1015 895 884 936 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 775
Write 964
Mixed 634
SusWrite 870
183% 811 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 21.8
100% 44 MB/s
DQ Read 728
DQ Write 610
DQ Mixed 780
554% 706 MB/s
Poor: 101%
This bench: 144%
Great: 199%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB
11GB free, PID 1665
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 7.2 4.6 7.6 7.5 7.3 6.5 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
6.45% Terrible
Read 17.8
Write 12.3
Mixed 9.2
SusWrite 6.7
14% 11.5 MB/s
4K Read 3.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 1.1
68% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.45%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
69.9% Good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 27.3
MC Mixed 22.9
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 19.3
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 88.2
45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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