Dell XPS 15 9550

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 65%
Destroyer
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.75% 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 Drive116% 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.
Run History
22 months ago, 22 months ago.
SystemDell XPS 15 9550  (all builds)
MotherboardDell 0N7TVV
Memory25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180223
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 02 '22 at 12:20
Run Duration195 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 (94th percentile)
67.7% Good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 89.2
2-Core 161
65% 110 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 492
49% 397 Pts
64-Core 496
31% 496 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 06E4) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8142
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.75% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 18
Parallax 7.1
5% 10.5 fps
MRender 8.6
Gravity 6.4
Splatting 9.9
7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.75%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB
91GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 247 171 136 114 118 121 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 1,015
Write 432
Mixed 450
SusWrite 151
112% 512 MB/s
4K Read 26.3
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 23.3
124% 51 MB/s
DQ Read 879
DQ Write 442
DQ Mixed 591
458% 637 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 116%
Great: 201%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.1% Good
MC Read 25.6
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 19.7
68% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 7.9
SC Write 23.2
SC Mixed 20.2
49% 17.1 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical XPS 15 9550 Builds (Compare 1,708 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Dell XPS 15 9550

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