Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.55% 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 Drive156% 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.
Very high background CPU (31%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9560  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 05FFDN
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170830
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 21 '17 at 15:56
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User SWE-User
Background CPU 31%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
72.8% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 92.9
2-Core 161
68% 113 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 521
52% 425 Pts
64-Core 543
34% 543 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 72.8%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 07BE) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4664
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
6.55% Terrible
Lighting 6.93
Reflection 25.3
Parallax 6.38
6% 12.9 fps
MRender 7.86
Gravity 6.47
Splatting 14.3
8% 9.54 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.55%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
419GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 2,227
Write 437
Mixed 894
257% 1,186 MB/s
4K Read 29.2
4K Write 99.3
4K Mixed 21.9
125% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 30.5
DQ Write 117
DQ Mixed 21.6
32% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 156%
Great: 216%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12
20GB free, PID 1666
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
33.2% Below average
Read 128
Write 36.7
Mixed 12.7
55% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.87
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.003
84% 3.46 MB/s
Poor: 6%
This bench: 33.2%
Great: 30%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
73% Very good
MC Read 28.2
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 22.3
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 20.1
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9560 Builds (Compare 4,017 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 61%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Total price: $1,300
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