Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	5.82% 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	162% 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

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 17 9700 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YK6XT
Memory	7.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200520
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '21 at 22:50
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10875H 35,361 User benchmarks, average bench 79% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 4.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 74.5 1-Core 134 2-Core 273 86% 160 Pts	4-Core 530 8-Core 1,003 91% 767 Pts	64-Core 1,299 80% 1,299 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 098F) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	5.82% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 89 Parallax 8.6 5% 34.4 fps	MRender 9.9 Gravity 7.5 Splatting 11.6 8% 9.67 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.82% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron 2200S 512GB 97 User benchmarks, average bench 152% 336GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001050 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 817 881 875 854 903 889 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,031 Write 911 Mixed 859 SusWrite 870 206% 918 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 42.5 140% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 759 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 827 541% 645 MB/s
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 201%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6DJR8N-XN 2x8GB 7,504 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.9% Above average	MC Read 23.4 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 16.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 22.1 SC Mixed 20.6 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 91.5 44% 91.5 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 56.9% Great: 93%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	4	1	60	31.5"	1280 720	SAM0F94 U32R59x

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Gaming 14%

Tree trunk

Desktop 76%

Battleship

Workstation 14%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 17 9700

CPU
Core i7-10875HIntelBench 79%, 35,361 samples	992x
Core i9-10885HIntelBench 81%, 6,135 samples	349x
Core i7-10750HIntelBench 77%, 206,796 samples	304x

GPU
UHD GraphicsIntelBench 5%, 187,969 samples	927x
GeForce RTX 2060 with Max-Q DesignNvidiaBench 64%, 7,329 samples	620x
GTX 1650-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 42%, 33,798 samples	91x

SSD
NVMe SK hynix 1TBPc611Bench 201%, 6,137 samples	134x
NVMe KIOXIA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 262%, 4,912 samples	109x
2300 NVMe 1024GBMicronBench 241%, 4,924 samples	96x

RAM
HMA82GS6DJR8N-XN 2x16GBUnknownBench 86%, 2,975 samples	165x
M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GBSamsungBench 91%, 15,521 samples	150x
M471A4G43AB1-CWE 2x31.5GBSamsungBench 92%, 2,607 samples	118x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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