Dell XPS 17 9720

Performance Results


Gaming 55% Gunboat	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	77.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	219% 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	40GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 40GB 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.

Run History

9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago, 9 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 17 9720 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0KNF8J
Memory	21.8 GB free of 40 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20230510
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '23 at 18:26
Run Duration	192 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way below expectations (14^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 2.05 GHz (avg) Relative performance (0^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 69.9 1-Core 146 2-Core 177 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 514 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 778 48% 778 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060 (Laptop) 102,706 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 0AFF) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.3187 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	77.9% Very good	Lighting 100 Reflection 102 Parallax 94 82% 98.9 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 80.1 Splatting 74.7 70% 88 fps
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 105%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN810 WDC 1024GB 2,287 User benchmarks, average bench 346% 242GB free (System drive) Firmware: 61912523 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1065 834 706 666 682 714 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2279 Write 1,445 Mixed 1,546 SusWrite 778 336% 1,512 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 93.6 4K Mixed 61.1 203% 68 MB/s	DQ Read 507 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 319 254% 361 MB/s
Poor: 166% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 544%
Nvme TEAM TM8FPK002T 2TB 14 User benchmarks, average bench 396% 2TB free Firmware: H230610a Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1455 1498 1507 1554 1518 1526 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	253% Outstanding	Read 2,061 Write 1,753 Mixed 1309 SusWrite 1,510 372% 1658 MB/s	4K Read 47 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 55.6 196% 68.1 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 246 DQ Mixed 416 303% 403 MB/s
Poor: 253% ↑ This bench: 253% Great: 545%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT32G48C40S5.C16A1 802C0000802C MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 39GB 4800, 4800 MHz 32767, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	82.5% Excellent	MC Read 31.4 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 33.3 91% 31.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 20.7 SC Mixed 21.5 48% 17 GB/s	Latency 102 39% 102 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 29: 0P 1R 5G 9B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
29%	31%	49	462	307	60	27"	1920 1009	ACR0650 V277

History: Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B | Score 29: 0P 1R 5G 9B

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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	509x
Core i9-12900HKIntelBench 100%, 2,176 samples	285x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	4x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	482x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	220x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	177x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	127x
PC SN810 WDC 1024GBNvmeBench 346%, 2,287 samples	51x

RAM
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	142x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 124%, 4,163 samples	91x
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	73x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $89
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