Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.09% 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 Drive114% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160407
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 05 '19 at 22:24
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 3.05 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 95.8
2-Core 180
70% 120 Pts
4-Core 339
8-Core 538
54% 438 Pts
64-Core 536
33% 536 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.09% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 16.5
Parallax 6.5
5% 9.75 fps
MRender 8.24
Gravity 5.5
Splatting 14.2
8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.09%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Amd-raid THNSN5512GPU7 NV 512GB
409GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA
SusWrite @10s intervals: 621 769 1070 917 697 838 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
114% Outstanding
Read 978
Write 841
Mixed 615
SusWrite 819
182% 813 MB/s
4K Read 7.5
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 12.4
62% 28.2 MB/s
DQ Read 12.5
DQ Write 307
DQ Mixed 118
104% 146 MB/s
Poor: 114%
This bench: 114%
Great: 174%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
67.4% Good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 24.9
MC Mixed 20.2
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 15
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 19.1
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 75.5
53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 67.4%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,716 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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