Dell XPS 17 9720

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (16th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 84 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.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	139% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 89% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Dell XPS 17 9720 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0W7GHH
Memory	23.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220414
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '22 at 05:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-12900HK 2,176 User benchmarks, average bench 100% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 63.4 1-Core 65.8 2-Core 212 60% 114 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 821 75% 629 Pts	64-Core 1,162 72% 1,162 Pts
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 72.5% Great: 105%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060 (Laptop) 102,706 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 0AFF) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1295 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.5% Very good	Lighting 96.8 Reflection 104 Parallax 93 79% 98.1 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 78.8 Splatting 74.1 69% 85.9 fps
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 105%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SHGP31-2000GM 2TB 117 User benchmarks, average bench 308% 701GB free (System drive) Firmware: 31060C20 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 986 937 781 697 615 619 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	139% Outstanding	Read 894 Write 525 Mixed 582 SusWrite 772 155% 693 MB/s	4K Read 28.5 4K Write 70.1 4K Mixed 33.3 123% 44 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 402 300% 414 MB/s
Poor: 139% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 409%
SABRENT 2TB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1TB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 785 801 769 729 693 697 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 21% Great: 106%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown MTC8C1084S1SC48BA1 2x16GB 617 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	127% Outstanding	MC Read 46.8 MC Write 56.5 MC Mixed 49.8 146% 51 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 21.9 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 149%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 27%

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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Dell XPS 17 9720

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	503x
Core i9-12900HKIntelBench 100%, 2,176 samples	283x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	4x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	477x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	217x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	83x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	176x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	125x
PC SN810 WDC 1024GBNvmeBench 346%, 2,287 samples	51x

RAM
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	141x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples	91x
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	73x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16