Dell XPS 17 9720

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 39% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (19th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 81 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	188% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 89% 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.

Run History

21 months ago, 20 months ago.

System	Dell XPS 17 9720 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 0RG82H
Memory	24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 4.8 GHz
Display	3840 x 2400 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220608
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 06 '22 at 05:28
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	89%

PC Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-12700H 52,857 User benchmarks, average bench 97% U3E1, 1 CPU, 14 cores, 20 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.35 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 62.1 1-Core 110 2-Core 219 70% 130 Pts	4-Core 437 8-Core 735 71% 586 Pts	64-Core 1,215 75% 1,215 Pts
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 102%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPU 38,648 User benchmarks, average bench 55% Dell(1028 0AFE) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.1693 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.2% Average	Lighting 48.1 Reflection 37.5 Parallax 49.8 39% 45.1 fps	MRender 60.2 Gravity 46.4 Splatting 49.3 42% 52 fps
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 40.2% Great: 65%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Micron 3400 1024GB 573 User benchmarks, average bench 360% 809GB free (System drive) Firmware: 34000050 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1617 1371 1394 1193 897 957 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 930 Write 842 Mixed 1,063 SusWrite 1,238 230% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 45.6 166% 60.6 MB/s	DQ Read 735 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 792 524% 631 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 510%
WD My Passport 25E2 2TB 8,938 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 1.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 25 25 25 25 25 25 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	15.2% Very poor	Read 29.9 Write 23.4 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 25.2 34% 25.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 84% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 15.2% Great: 53%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GB 3,160 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM 22h clocked @ 4800 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	141% Outstanding	MC Read 60.4 MC Write 54.7 MC Mixed 54.8 162% 56.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 24.2 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 122 33% 122 ns
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 151%

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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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Desktop 101%

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Workstation 28%

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System: Dell XPS 17 9720

CPU
Core i7-12700HIntelBench 97%, 52,857 samples	503x
Core i9-12900HKIntelBench 100%, 2,176 samples	282x
Core i5-12500HIntelBench 94%, 11,588 samples	4x

GPU
Iris Xe GraphicsIntelBench 16%, 72,765 samples	476x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	217x
GeForce RTX 3050 Laptop GPUNvidiaBench 55%, 38,648 samples	83x

SSD
PM9A1 Samsung 1024GBNvmeBench 322%, 5,261 samples	176x
PC801 SK hynix 1TBNvmeBench 351%, 3,744 samples	125x
PC SN810 WDC 1024GBNvmeBench 346%, 2,287 samples	50x

RAM
HMCG78MEBSA095N 2x16GBUnknownBench 129%, 3,160 samples	141x
MTC4C10163S1SC48BA1 2x8GBUnknownBench 119%, 2,116 samples	91x
M425R1GB4BB0-CQKOL 2x8GBUnknownBench 122%, 4,457 samples	73x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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