Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.87% 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 Drive140% 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
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180223
Uptime2.9 Days
Run DateOct 11 '18 at 14:57
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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)
75.4% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 99.2
2-Core 197
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 528
58% 459 Pts
64-Core 544
34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.4%
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 (97th percentile)
5.87% Terrible
Lighting 6.5
Reflection 16.8
Parallax 6.28
5% 9.85 fps
MRender 5.57
Gravity 5.63
Splatting 12.6
7% 7.92 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.87%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB
129GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 632 555 537 527 504 493 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
140% Outstanding
Read 865
Write 647
Mixed 561
SusWrite 541
146% 654 MB/s
4K Read 32.9
4K Write 86.7
4K Mixed 42.1
150% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 627
DQ Write 554
DQ Mixed 678
484% 619 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 140%
Great: 167%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
37.2% Below average
MC Read 13.7
MC Write 13
MC Mixed 10.4
35% 12.4 GB/s
SC Read 11.2
SC Write 12
SC Mixed 12.5
34% 11.9 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 37.2%
Great: 41%

 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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