Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics4.09% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive152% 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.
Run History
2 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 17 9700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0P1CHN
Memory20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210521
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJul 23 '21 at 02:43
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing below expectations (20th 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 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 139
2-Core 265
90% 163 Pts
4-Core 398
8-Core 596
62% 497 Pts
64-Core 847
52% 847 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 79%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 098F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9616
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
4.09% Terrible
Lighting 4.4
Reflection 30
Parallax 5.2
4% 13.2 fps
MRender 6.8
Gravity 4
Splatting 7.4
5% 6.07 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 4.09%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Kxg60znv1t02 NVMe KIOXIA 1024GB
814GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 890 860 921 904 900 655 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 802
Write 925
Mixed 833
SusWrite 855
193% 854 MB/s
4K Read 36.8
4K Write 82.3
4K Mixed 51
165% 56.7 MB/s
DQ Read 497
DQ Write 222
DQ Mixed 504
336% 408 MB/s
Poor: 161%
This bench: 152%
Great: 332%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 80AD HMA82GS6DJR8N-XN 32GB
2667, 3200 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
82.3% Excellent
MC Read 30.8
MC Write 32.7
MC Mixed 24.7
84% 29.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.5
SC Write 33.2
SC Mixed 25.4
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 17 9700 Builds (Compare 1,656 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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