Dell XPS 15 9520

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	21.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	168% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 89% 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 15 9520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0MWGD4
Memory	7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220330
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 04 '22 at 04:31
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700H 52,857 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 61.4 1-Core 84.8 2-Core 164 58% 104 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 544 51% 425 Pts	64-Core 841 52% 841 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Xe Graphics FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0B19) 1GB Driver: <> Ver. 30.0.101.1631 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	21.5% Poor	Lighting 25.5 Reflection 32.9 Parallax 29.8 21% 29.4 fps	MRender 26 Gravity 37.1 Splatting 22.4 23% 28.5 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 21.5% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN810 WDC 512GB 911 User benchmarks, average bench 292% 375GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61520012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1166 1109 760 659 680 664 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,193 Write 897 Mixed 905 SusWrite 840 215% 959 MB/s	4K Read 35.4 4K Write 87 4K Mixed 38.3 149% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 724 DQ Write 352 DQ Mixed 579 419% 552 MB/s
Poor: 132% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 463%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GB 4,457 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	MC Read 52.1 MC Write 49.1 MC Mixed 48.6 143% 49.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 19.8 SC Mixed 19.6 50% 17.7 GB/s	Latency 124 32% 124 ns
Poor: 102% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 139%

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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 27%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9520

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	1,975x
Core i9-12900HKIntelBench 100%, 2,176 samples	612x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	51x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	1,712x
RTX 3050-Ti (Laptop)NvidiaBench 61%, 35,839 samples	685x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	199x

SSD
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	412x
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	336x
PC SN810 WDC 1024GBNvmeBench 346%, 2,287 samples	258x

RAM
HMCG66MEBSA092N 2x8GBUnknownBench 121%, 2,777 samples	443x
HMCG78MEBSA092N 2x16GBUnknownBench 128%, 1,984 samples	431x
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	423x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $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