Dell XPS 12-9Q33

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.4% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 74% 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Dell XPS 12-9Q33 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell XPS 12-9Q33
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150303
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '17 at 00:20
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	74%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4500U-$393 39,249 User benchmarks, average bench 50% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	29.2% Poor	Memory 49.3 1-Core 22.3 2-Core 41.9 26% 37.8 Pts	4-Core 55.8 8-Core 55.3 8% 55.5 Pts	64-Core 61.2 4% 61.2 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 29.2% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz) 275,372 User benchmarks, average bench 2% Dell(1028 05E3) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4312 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	0.71% Terrible	Lighting 0.7 Reflection 1.23 Parallax 1.19 1% 1.04 fps	MRender 1.81 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 1.39 1% 1.2 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.71% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM841 mSATA 256GB 796 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free (System drive) Firmware: DXT43D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 91 91 8105 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 91 91 106 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 6240 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 10893012443 (F2) Unknown 99 99 25224732034	39.4% Below average	Read 373 Write 62.5 Mixed 107 39% 181 MB/s	4K Read 19.7 4K Write 35 4K Mixed 11.5 63% 22.1 MB/s	DQ Read 20.5 DQ Write 72.6 DQ Mixed 27 26% 40 MB/s
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 39.4% Great: 77%
WD My Book 1TB 10,299 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 752GB free, PID 1100 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	19.5% Very poor	Read 35 Write 34.4 Mixed 32.6 44% 34 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.36 89% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 19.5% Great: 22%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 2x4GB 3,234 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	26.8% Poor	MC Read 9.6 MC Write 8.4 MC Mixed 11.4 28% 9.8 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 5 SC Mixed 7.5 18% 6.13 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 26.8% 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 8%

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Desktop 51%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Dell XPS 12-9Q33

CPU
Core i7-4500UIntel $393Bench 50%, 39,249 samples	48x
Core i7-4510UIntelBench 47%, 63,054 samples	20x
Core i5-4200UIntel $281Bench 43%, 64,450 samples	12x

GPU
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	84x
HD 5000 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 6,906 samples	3x

SSD
PM851 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 65%, 6,648 samples	16x
LMT-128M6M mSATA 128GBLiteonitBench 72%, 1,674 samples	9x
SM841 mSATA 256GBSamsungBench 79%, 1,284 samples	8x

RAM
2x4GBHynixBench 60%, 11,918 samples	38x
2x4GBMicronBench 68%, 3,234 samples	22x
2x2GBHynixBench 40%, 7,517 samples	12x

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Value: 46% - Average

Total price: $393

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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