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Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics10.1% 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 Drive179% 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 (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161201
Uptime2 Days
Run DateDec 29 '17 at 06:33
Run Duration197 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing as expected (41st 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
73.2% Very good
Memory 79.1
1-Core 88.4
2-Core 178
67% 115 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 537
56% 451 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑
This bench: 73.2%
 Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 960M
Dell(1028 06E4) 2GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8816
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
10.1% Very poor
Lighting 10
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 19.1
8% 13.5 fps
MRender 19.7
Gravity 18.5
Splatting 14.4
14% 17.5 fps
Poor: 12% ↑
This bench: 10.1%
 Great: 18%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
291GB free (System drive)
Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
179% Outstanding
Read 2,175
Write 1,179
Mixed 1,440
353% 1,598 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 61.5
4K Mixed 9.74
66% 28.3 MB/s
DQ Read 20.6
DQ Write 14.2
DQ Mixed 99.1
52% 44.6 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑
This bench: 179%
 Great: 294%
Samsung Flash Drive DUO 64GB
48GB free, PID 1000
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing as expected (53rd percentile)
25.4% Poor
Read 140
Write 3.88
Mixed 39.2
54% 61 MB/s
4K Read 2.46
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 1.05
86% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑
This bench: 25.4%
 Great: 35%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston 9905663-007.A00G 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.1% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 22.5
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 19.9
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 82.3
49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑
This bench: 68.1%
 Great: 108%
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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
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples1,514x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples5x
GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples1,183x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples505x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia  $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples4x
SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples87x
RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples108x
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HDDRAMUSB
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Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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