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Dell XPS 15 9550

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Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	70.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

System	Dell XPS 15 9550 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0N7TVV
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200213
Uptime	18 Days
Run Date	Jan 09 '21 at 11:52
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 75 1-Core 109 2-Core 205 73% 130 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 524 54% 436 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8681 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	2.46% Terrible	Lighting 0.1 Reflection 4.8 Parallax 7.4 0% 4.1 fps	MRender 8.5 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.3 7% 8.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 250GB-$81 26,761 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 163GB free (System drive) Firmware: X41110WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 218 195 195 188 192 181 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Read 418 Write 239 Mixed 193 SusWrite 195 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 43.6 4K Mixed 29 87% 30.1 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 284 DQ Mixed 231 200% 298 MB/s
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 100%
Liteon CS1-SP32-11 M.2 2242 32GB 277 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 30GB free Firmware: LS5110B SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 77 78 78 78 77 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	56.3% Above average	Read 347 Write 79.3 Mixed 126 SusWrite 77.7 34% 158 MB/s	4K Read 23.5 4K Write 65.9 4K Mixed 25.9 104% 38.4 MB/s	DQ Read 195 DQ Write 78.7 DQ Mixed 98.7 83% 124 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 56.3% Great: 74%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	73.3% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 23.2 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 90.3 44% 90.3 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 76%

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Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,707 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming

Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

Workstation 10%

Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,509x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	193x
Core i3-6100HIntelBench 56%, 313 samples	5x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	1,179x
GTX 960MNvidiaBench 16%, 73,363 samples	504x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	4x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	271x
THNSN5512GPU7 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 160%, 14,022 samples	204x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TBSamsungBench 155%, 2,610 samples	87x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	430x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	142x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	108x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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