Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.39% 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 Drive214% 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.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0Y9N5X
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190225
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 20 '19 at 09:16
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (76th 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
68.8% Good
Memory 73.9
1-Core 97.3
2-Core 187
68% 119 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 521
54% 432 Pts
64-Core 535
33% 535 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 68.8%
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 above expectations (81st percentile)
5.39% Terrible
Lighting 4.93
Reflection 17.4
Parallax 6.16
4% 9.49 fps
MRender 9.14
Gravity 5.53
Splatting 13.4
8% 9.36 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.39%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme WDC PC SN720 SDA 512GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1074 758 860 860 860 855 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1,453
Write 1,461
Mixed 1,468
SusWrite 878
296% 1,315 MB/s
4K Read 38.9
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 58.3
201% 75.1 MB/s
DQ Read 927
DQ Write 850
DQ Mixed 935
689% 904 MB/s
Poor: 131%
This bench: 214%
Great: 220%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 16GB
9GB free, PID 5567
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.8 8.5 9.2 8.8 9.1 9.6 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
15.9% Very poor
Read 27
Write 10.5
Mixed 12.5
SusWrite 8.5
17% 14.6 MB/s
4K Read 7.9
4K Write 2.7
4K Mixed 2.9
220% 4.5 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 15.9%
Great: 17%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.5% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 24.7
MC Mixed 22.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 18.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 92.8
43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 65.5%
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 1,708 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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