Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.26% 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 Drive	140% 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170109
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 14 '17 at 04:46
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.9% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 111 2-Core 206 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 601 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 597 37% 597 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 07BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4574 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 25.5 Parallax 7.41 6% 13.5 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.6 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 394GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 39 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 81 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 55 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 9 (F1) Unknown 99 99 762688495	92.2% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 402 Mixed 418 98% 440 MB/s	4K Read 26.2 4K Write 67.3 4K Mixed 36.4 122% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 77 DQ Mixed 21.6 66% 151 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 134%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 208GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	140% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 546 Mixed 719 204% 933 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 25.7 140% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 34.1 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 170 107% 116 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 140% Great: 141%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB 369 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 25GB free, PID 0803 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	35.1% Below average	Read 139 Write 50.4 Mixed 68 94% 85.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.22 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.68 73% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 35.1% Great: 35%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA851S6AFR6N-UH 2x4GB 26,973 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.7% Good	MC Read 25.6 MC Write 25.4 MC Mixed 20.5 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.4 SC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 71%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,708x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,582x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	279x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,170x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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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 $45	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