Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 21% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (5th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 95 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.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 16.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	1.9% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	152% 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.

Very high background CPU (67%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 28% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210525
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 15 '22 at 08:50
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	67%
CPU Throttled	28%

PC Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	16.2% Very poor	Memory 23.2 1-Core 14.9 2-Core 27.3 14% 21.8 Pts	4-Core 50.6 8-Core 83.1 8% 66.8 Pts	64-Core 83.6 5% 83.6 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.9% Terrible	Lighting 2 Reflection 8.4 Parallax 2 2% 4.13 fps	MRender 3.4 Gravity 1.8 Splatting 3.5 2% 2.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.9% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 5,348 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 884GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1077 1008 921 937 779 750 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1444 Write 1,319 Mixed 1,314 SusWrite 912 280% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 30.6 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 32.1 106% 32.8 MB/s	DQ Read 135 DQ Write 118 DQ Mixed 119 91% 124 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 421%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-SD4-2666 04EF0000802C TEAMGROUP-SD4-2666 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	30.7% Below average	MC Read 11.7 MC Write 10.7 MC Mixed 13.9 35% 12.1 GB/s	SC Read 3.3 SC Write 6.4 SC Mixed 5.6 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 298 13% 298 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 30.7% Great: 72%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	278x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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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