Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 39%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 30.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics11.1% 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 Drive158% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
6 years ago, 6 years ago.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit kleuren,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime1 Days
Run DateJan 13 '18 at 08:23
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User NLD-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
30.9% Below average
Memory 45
1-Core 24.5
2-Core 49.4
26% 39.6 Pts
4-Core 92.9
8-Core 128
14% 111 Pts
64-Core 137
8% 137 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 30.9%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9065
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
11.1% Very poor
Lighting 10
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 15.8
8% 12.4 fps
MRender 23.7
Gravity 22.7
Splatting 16.8
17% 21.1 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.1%
Great: 18%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
158% Outstanding
Read 1,636
Write 1,039
Mixed 1,248
290% 1,308 MB/s
4K Read 22.1
4K Write 44.1
4K Mixed 24.8
89% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 50.2
DQ Write 45.7
DQ Mixed 25.5
25% 40.5 MB/s
Poor: 90%
This bench: 158%
Great: 235%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
44.8% Average
MC Read 17.4
MC Write 15.2
MC Mixed 19.9
50% 17.5 GB/s
SC Read 6
SC Write 9.4
SC Mixed 8
22% 7.8 GB/s
Latency 180
22% 180 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 44.8%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,713 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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