Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 19%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 67.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics18.4% 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 Drive220% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 0N7TVV
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateJul 18 '20 at 11:55
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
67.6% Good
Memory 76
1-Core 97.6
2-Core 192
69% 122 Pts
4-Core 320
8-Core 492
50% 406 Pts
64-Core 501
31% 501 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4270
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
18.4% Very poor
Lighting 23.4
Reflection 17.3
Parallax 20
19% 20.2 fps
MRender 24.7
Gravity 22.6
Splatting 16.9
17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 18.4%
Great: 18%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme XPG GAMMIX S11 P 2TB
901GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 42A4SANA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 682 1130 875 927 935 930 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 2,206
Write 1,583
Mixed 107
SusWrite 913
265% 1,202 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 66.2
4K Mixed 57.7
178% 56.4 MB/s
DQ Read 682
DQ Write 218
DQ Mixed 331
275% 410 MB/s
Poor: 220%
This bench: 220%
Great: 364%
Micron_1100_MTFDDAK2T0TBN 2TB
665GB free
Firmware: M0MU031
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 424 340 280 282 285 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
63.4% Good
Read 109
Write 392
Mixed 331
SusWrite 337
67% 292 MB/s
4K Read 16.4
4K Write 50.5
4K Mixed 28.2
88% 31.7 MB/s
DQ Read 277
DQ Write 211
DQ Mixed 292
205% 260 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 63.4%
Great: 101%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8266.C16FN 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
75.8% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 24.3
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 22.7
65% 22.8 GB/s
Latency 88.4
45% 88.4 ns
Poor: 68%
This bench: 75.8%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,722 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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