Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive182% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 08 '18 at 11:18
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User CZE-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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)
79.4% Very good
Memory 90.5
1-Core 103
2-Core 198
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 545
57% 457 Pts
64-Core 544
34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.12% Terrible
Lighting 6.43
Reflection 9.38
Parallax 6.22
5% 7.35 fps
MRender 8.76
Gravity 5.33
Splatting 13.1
8% 9.08 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.12%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.9% Very good
Lighting 91.1
Reflection 103
Parallax 91.6
74% 95.2 fps
MRender 86.7
Gravity 87.8
Splatting 92
73% 88.8 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 57DA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 909 922 782 626 453 382 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
182% Outstanding
Read 1,322
Write 978
Mixed 724
SusWrite 679
206% 926 MB/s
4K Read 40.7
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 55.3
192% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 603
DQ Mixed 561
443% 616 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 182%
Great: 207%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100
55GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 393 316 312 315 297 218 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 483
Write 449
Mixed 369
SusWrite 308
90% 402 MB/s
4K Read 43.2
4K Write 97.8
4K Mixed 56.1
189% 65.7 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 314
DQ Mixed 336
252% 337 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 112%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8ATF51264HZ-2G1B1 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
71.1% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 20.4
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 21.9
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 74%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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