Dell XPS 15 9500

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.38% 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 Drive212% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9500  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0RHXRG
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201224
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateMar 21 '21 at 23:06
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing as expected (43rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10750H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 77.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 273
84% 158 Pts
4-Core 456
8-Core 735
73% 596 Pts
64-Core 948
59% 948 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 097D) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
6.38% Terrible
Lighting 6.4
Reflection 51.5
Parallax 8.8
5% 22.2 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 7.7
Splatting 11.9
9% 10.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.38%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981a NVMe Samsung 1024GB
817GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 15304129 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1110 986 996 973 1012 991 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,586
Write 1,319
Mixed 1,366
SusWrite 1,012
296% 1,321 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 98.7
4K Mixed 65.2
212% 71.4 MB/s
DQ Read 613
DQ Write 328
DQ Mixed 745
480% 562 MB/s
Poor: 146%
This bench: 212%
Great: 357%
Seagate Expansion Desk 5TB
450GB free
Firmware: 9401
SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
13.7% Very poor
Read 22.9
Write 30.2
Mixed 28.4
SusWrite 22.8
20% 26.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 6
4K Mixed 0.5
183% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 13.7%
Great: 87%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 5TB
2TB free, PID d011
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 12 14 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 17% Great: 81%
Generic Mass-Storage 8GB
7GB free, PID null
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.2 3.9 3.9 3.9 4 3.9 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
2.98% Terrible
Read 8.5
Write 3
Mixed 5
SusWrite 4
6% 5.12 MB/s
4K Read 2.4
4K Write 0.1
4K Mixed 0.4
26% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 2%
This bench: 2.98%
Great: 10%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43DB1-CWE 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (54th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
92% Outstanding
MC Read 34.8
MC Write 36.5
MC Mixed 28.7
95% 33.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 39.7
SC Mixed 26.5
80% 28.1 GB/s
Latency 85.3
47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 92%
Great: 105%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9500 Builds (Compare 3,127 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9500

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