Dell XPS 15 9560

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.47% 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	132% 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	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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Dell XPS 15 9560 (all builds)
Motherboard	Dell 05FFDN
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190726
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '19 at 21:01
Run Duration	167 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (40^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 182 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 598 59% 481 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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 07BE) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.87 Reflection 25.3 Parallax 7.72 6% 13.6 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.8 10% 11 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 213GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 360 450 439 432 467 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 1,318 Write 76.5 Mixed 128 SusWrite 371 102% 473 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 43.9 138% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 520 DQ Write 65.7 DQ Mixed 123 133% 236 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 216%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 1TB free Firmware: 0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 12 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.8% Very poor	Read 35.2 Write 39 Mixed 33.2 SusWrite 12.1 22% 29.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.8 150% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 13.8% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 4TB 21,301 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 199GB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 11 12 12 12 12 15 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	13.6% Very poor	Read 33.2 Write 31.3 Mixed 25.5 SusWrite 12.4 19% 25.6 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 200% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 13.6% Great: 97%
Seagate Expansion Desk 2TB 12,762 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 1TB free Firmware: 9401 SusWrite @10s intervals: 14 12 12 12 12 12 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.2% Very poor	Read 36.7 Write 38.5 Mixed 31.7 SusWrite 12.3 22% 29.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 14.2% Great: 104%
WD My Book Essentials 1TB 3,704 User benchmarks, average bench 17% 97GB free, PID 1110 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.3 6.3 5.9 6.2 6.6 6.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	9.89% Terrible	Read 30.2 Write 31 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 6.3 32% 24.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.7 70% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 9.89% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 71,691 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	73% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 27.2 SC Mixed 21.5 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 79%

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

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Gaming 11%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 10%

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System: Dell XPS 15 9560 - $1,300

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	3,707x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	301x
Core i3-7100HIntelBench 56%, 141 samples	13x

GPU
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	2,581x
GTX 1050 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 23%, 160,694 samples	1,410x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	6x

SSD
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	490x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $46Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	476x
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 196%, 44,403 samples	278x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 71,691 samples	1,169x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBHynixBench 73%, 6,356 samples	264x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBMicronBench 67%, 2,004 samples	235x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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