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Dell XPS 15 9550

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Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	14.6% 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	95% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	15.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190225
Uptime	11.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '21 at 16:38
Run Duration	202 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (48^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 80.2 1-Core 94.7 2-Core 181 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 486 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.58% Terrible	Lighting 3.4 Reflection 4 Parallax 4.3 3% 3.9 fps	MRender 24.2 Gravity 23 Splatting 16.6 17% 21.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.58% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7212 Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Lighting 18.2 Reflection 15.9 Parallax 9.6 15% 14.6 fps	MRender 23.2 Gravity 19.7 Splatting 11.8 14% 18.2 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 18%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 750GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 574 562 566 616 636 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	95% Outstanding	Read 529 Write 644 Mixed 313 SusWrite 504 112% 498 MB/s	4K Read 26.7 4K Write 55.2 4K Mixed 29.5 108% 37.1 MB/s	DQ Read 209 DQ Write 242 DQ Mixed 245 179% 232 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 201%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB 4,393 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.1% Above average	MC Read 21.5 MC Write 21.6 MC Mixed 22.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 11.5 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 80.1 50% 80.1 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 76%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,509x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,179x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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