Dell XPS 17 9700

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.25% 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 Drive159% 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 17 9700  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0CXCCY
Memory7.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210304
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateJun 06 '21 at 06:02
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (29th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10875H
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.6 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 84.9
2-Core 167
65% 111 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 660
58% 495 Pts
64-Core 915
57% 915 Pts
Poor: 52%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 92%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 098F) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8853
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
6.25% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 55.3
Parallax 9.2
5% 23.5 fps
MRender 11.3
Gravity 7.8
Splatting 12.3
9% 10.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.25%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC SN730 WDC 1024GB
692GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11150012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 944 885 975 979 1038 1047 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
159% Outstanding
Read 958
Write 1,017
Mixed 988
SusWrite 978
223% 985 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 70.9
4K Mixed 45
147% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 461
DQ Write 226
DQ Mixed 513
336% 400 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 159%
Great: 309%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KKRVFX-MIE 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (5th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
54.9% Above average
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 14.9
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 18.2
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 80
50% 80 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 54.9%
Great: 85%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 17 9700 Builds (Compare 1,656 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 17 9700

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