Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.64% 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 Drive75.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 0N7TVV
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160407
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJan 11 '19 at 10:22
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 (100th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 109
2-Core 201
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 550
56% 456 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.64% Terrible
Lighting 7.1
Reflection 16.7
Parallax 6.81
6% 10.2 fps
MRender 9.67
Gravity 6.17
Splatting 13.3
8% 9.73 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.64%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199
573GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT0BB6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 351 405 397 353 357 359 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Read 420
Write 390
Mixed 345
SusWrite 370
86% 381 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 61.7
4K Mixed 31.7
112% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 28.3
DQ Write 37.9
DQ Mixed 28
23% 31.4 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 126%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
13GB free
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 76 105 254 297 301 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
36.3% Below average
Read 282
Write 28.6
Mixed 77.7
SusWrite 187
32% 144 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 3.8
4K Mixed 5.2
48% 11.8 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 36.3%
Great: 147%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
71.4% Very good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 21.9
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 23.1
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 74
54% 74 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 71.4%
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 1,707 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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