Dell XPS 17 9720

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	12.6% 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	280% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 87% 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.

System	Dell XPS 17 9720 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0W7GHH
Memory	16 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220516
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '22 at 18:56
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	87%

PC Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900HK 2,176 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 71.4 1-Core 163 2-Core 251 89% 162 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 586 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 822 51% 822 Pts
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Xe Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0AFF) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1314 Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	12.6% Very poor	Lighting 13.5 Reflection 105 Parallax 16.8 11% 45 fps	MRender 18.8 Gravity 22.9 Splatting 16.6 16% 19.4 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 12.6% Great: 21%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PM9A1 Samsung 1024GB 5,261 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: 36308229 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1514 1556 1332 1559 1425 1405 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,034 Write 1,940 Mixed 1,847 SusWrite 1465 410% 1,821 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 86.2 277% 94.8 MB/s	DQ Read 663 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 529 384% 506 MB/s
Poor: 164% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 444%
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 3,297 User benchmarks, average bench 249% 617GB free Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1513 1546 1563 1541 467 387 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,196 Write 1,137 Mixed 1,291 SusWrite 1,170 271% 1,198 MB/s	4K Read 51.7 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 72.9 244% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 681 DQ Write 324 DQ Mixed 544 392% 516 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 354%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	MC Read 44.9 MC Write 32.1 MC Mixed 41.1 112% 39.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 33.7 SC Mixed 24.8 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 98.2 41% 98.2 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 151%

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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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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Dell XPS 17 9720

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	503x
Core i9-12900HKIntelBench 100%, 2,176 samples	282x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	4x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	476x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	217x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	83x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	176x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	125x
PC SN810 WDC 1024GBNvmeBench 346%, 2,287 samples	50x

RAM
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	141x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples	91x
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	73x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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