Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.84% 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 Drive	80.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% 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 Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0P84C9
Memory	8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Jun 01 '18 at 06:04
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	20%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	68.1% Good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 88.6 2-Core 167 65% 112 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 476 49% 393 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0798) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.84% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 29.8 Parallax 7 6% 14.7 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.4 9% 10.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.84% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$90 695,664 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 376GB free Firmware: EMT03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 566 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 391 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 51 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 29 (F1) Unknown 99 99 4276108989	88.2% Excellent	Read 491 Write 387 Mixed 402 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 47.7 4K Mixed 34.4 117% 37.8 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 162 DQ Mixed 87.8 94% 159 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 134%
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: T87110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 26 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 29 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 744 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 65 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 675270782 (F2) Unknown 100 100 885398158	80.3% Excellent	Read 494 Write 458 Mixed 453 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 32.9 4K Mixed 19.3 79% 25.5 MB/s	DQ Read 229 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 90.2 96% 160 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TMA81GS6AFR8N-UHSC 2x8GB 613 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61.7% Good	MC Read 24.2 MC Write 22.7 MC Mixed 19.7 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 19.6 SC Mixed 18.1 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 77%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Dell Inspiron 15 7000 Gaming - $799

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,201x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	2,189x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,683x
GTX 1050-Ti (Mobile)NvidiaBench 29%, 105,856 samples	2,001x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	704x

SSD
X400 M.2 2280 256GBSandiskBench 66%, 11,716 samples	310x
THNSNK128GVN8 M.2 2280 128GBToshibaBench 54%, 5,253 samples	293x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	270x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBHynixBench 37%, 144,145 samples	823x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GBHynixBench 40%, 22,543 samples	589x
M471A2K43CB1-CRC 1x16GBSamsungBench 40%, 36,753 samples	294x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16