Dell XPS 15 9520

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	9.09% 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	200% 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.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

20 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 15 9520 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0YD3W1
Memory	22.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3456 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220609
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '22 at 10:58
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	28%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	66% Good	Memory 62.8 1-Core 63.7 2-Core 213 60% 113 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 535 57% 454 Pts	64-Core 850 53% 850 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 66% 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 below expectations (3^rd percentile)	9.09% Terrible	Lighting 10.7 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 12.6 9% 29.9 fps	MRender 11.2 Gravity 16.1 Splatting 9.5 10% 12.3 fps
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 9.09% Great: 21%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN810 WDC 1024GB 2,287 User benchmarks, average bench 346% 834GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61520012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1252 994 929 1226 1786 1709 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,488 Write 1,476 Mixed 839 SusWrite 1,316 288% 1,280 MB/s	4K Read 33.7 4K Write 65.3 4K Mixed 32.5 127% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 642 DQ Write 338 DQ Mixed 535 386% 505 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 544%

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 as expected (41^st percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 54.2 MC Write 52.1 MC Mixed 48.7 148% 51.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.4 SC Write 18.4 SC Mixed 21.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 120 33% 120 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 127% 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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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	1,976x
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	200x

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	444x
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 $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