Dell XPS 12 9Q23

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 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 29.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Boot Drive48.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (96%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 12 9Q23  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0V769Y
Memory4.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20130801
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 27 '20 at 05:18
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 96%

 PC Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-3337U
U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 1.8 GHz, turbo 1.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
29.9% Poor
Memory 51.1
1-Core 8.9
2-Core 38.2
23% 32.7 Pts
4-Core 49.7
8-Core 71.5
8% 60.6 Pts
64-Core 58.6
4% 58.6 Pts
Poor: 27%
This bench: 29.9%
Great: 58%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4000 (Mobile 1.25 GHz)
Dell(1028 0589) 2GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.10.4358
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 2.5
6% 2.5 fps
Poor: 2% Great: 4%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GB
41GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DM8110C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 230 189 262 279 284 260 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
48.7% Average
Read 336
Write 264
Mixed 224
SusWrite 251
60% 269 MB/s
4K Read 10.5
4K Write 19.9
4K Mixed 12.8
43% 14.4 MB/s
DQ Read 154
DQ Write 144
DQ Mixed 132
104% 143 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 48.7%
Great: 88%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6MFR8A-PB 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1333 MHz
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
27% Poor
MC Read 8.7
MC Write 10.8
MC Mixed 10.1
28% 9.87 GB/s
SC Read 5.5
SC Write 5.8
SC Mixed 6.7
17% 6 GB/s
Latency 157
26% 157 ns
Poor: 18%
This bench: 27%
Great: 56%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 12 9Q23 Builds (Compare 63 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 52%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 12 9Q23

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