Dell XPS 12-9Q33

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (2nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 98 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 15.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.69% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	45.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 12-9Q33 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell XPS 12-9Q33
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180130
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 30 '19 at 13:09
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4500U-$393 39,249 User benchmarks, average bench 50% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	15.1% Very poor	Memory 23 1-Core 11.1 2-Core 29.1 14% 21.1 Pts	4-Core 40.4 8-Core 56.3 6% 48.3 Pts	64-Core 51.9 3% 51.9 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 15.1% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 05E3) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.69% Terrible	Lighting 0.67 Reflection 1.19 Parallax 1.19 0% 1.02 fps	MRender 1.71 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.17 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.69% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron_M600_MTFDDAT064MBF 64GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: MC01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 177 174 167 175 175 179 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	45.9% Average	Read 335 Write 317 Mixed 248 SusWrite 175 60% 269 MB/s	4K Read 12.1 4K Write 23 4K Mixed 17.3 53% 17.5 MB/s	DQ Read 120 DQ Write 111 DQ Mixed 116 87% 116 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 45.9% Great: 69%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix 2x4GB 11,918 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	23.7% Poor	MC Read 8.4 MC Write 7.9 MC Mixed 10.7 26% 9 GB/s	SC Read 5.2 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 5.9 15% 5.1 GB/s	Latency 300 13% 300 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 23.7% Great: 87%

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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 8%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell XPS 12-9Q33

CPU
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	48x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	20x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	12x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	84x
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples	3x

SSD
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples	16x
LMT-128M6M mSATA 128GBLiteonitBench 72%, 1,674 samples	9x
SM841 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 1,284 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	38x
2x4GBMicronBench 68%, 3,234 samples	22x
2x2GBHynixBench 40%, 7,517 samples	12x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $393

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $40	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