Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.7% 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	206% 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.

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System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2048 x 1152 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171017
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 12 '18 at 03:07
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 189 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 349 8-Core 545 55% 447 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M 73,363 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8871 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	19.7% Very poor	Lighting 24.5 Reflection 18.6 Parallax 22.2 20% 21.8 fps	MRender 28 Gravity 25.5 Splatting 18.9 19% 24.1 fps
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 19.7% Great: 18%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 525GB-$150 105,037 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 309GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2105 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 2147 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 97 97 52 (AE) Unknown 100 100 245 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 43 244813987876 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 97 97 3 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 25175922968 (F7) Unknown 100 100 788873729 (F8) Unknown 100 100 380742257 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1929 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	75.4% Very good	Read 473 Write 322 Mixed 333 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 25.8 4K Write 68.2 4K Mixed 13.9 93% 36 MB/s	DQ Read 266 DQ Write 185 DQ Mixed 41.2 81% 164 MB/s
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 99,566 User benchmarks, average bench 177% 104GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4L7QCXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,979 Write 960 Mixed 1,093 295% 1,344 MB/s	4K Read 53.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 47.2 203% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.8 DQ Write 241 DQ Mixed 27.6 56% 106 MB/s
Poor: 106% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1315 BLS8G4S240FSD.16FBD 16GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	70.5% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 20.6 72% 25.2 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 26.6 SC Mixed 22.1 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 72%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,514x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,183x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	505x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $47	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16