Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.49% 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 Drive276% 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.
Run History
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191212
Uptime8 Days
Run DateOct 01 '20 at 19:53
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th 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)
77% Very good
Memory 89.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 209
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 348
8-Core 523
54% 435 Pts
64-Core 524
32% 524 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 77%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.7990
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.49% Terrible
Lighting 6.63
Reflection 10
Parallax 7.16
5% 7.94 fps
MRender 10.4
Gravity 6.13
Splatting 13.7
9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.49%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2133 618 619 620 616 620 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
276% Outstanding
Read 2,508
Write 2,304
Mixed 1,581
SusWrite 871
406% 1,816 MB/s
4K Read 64.2
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 83.2
282% 98.5 MB/s
DQ Read 843
DQ Write 712
DQ Mixed 788
587% 781 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 276%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.8% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.8
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.8%
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 1,708 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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