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Dell XPS 15

High-end relatively light-weight (2kg) notebook with 4K 15.6″ touchscreen. Dell XPS 15 9550. Device performance is good. Good Wi-Fi speed (important since Ethernet port is absent). Good CPU, SDD, Video performance.

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There is a lot of good points about the device:

  • high performance
  • high resolution
  • tiny display borders
  • bright display colors
  • keyboard backlight
  • chasis materials
  • ~4h batery life (84Wh)

And some points that is not that good

  • glance display reflect light
  • touch screen cause fingerprints on display
  • tiny borders on touchscreen cause touches when change display angle
  • low HiDPI suport in Windows environment
  • lack of Ethernet port
  • Unavailability of dock accessories on Ukrainian market
  • Windows 10 HOME (that is not support virtualisation and bitlocker)
  • Long boot (15 seconds of BIOS POST)

Also there are McAfee Antivirus and additional DropBox space as a bonux for 1 year.

HiDPI compatibility

Windows, Windows applications, Java applications, sites, etc need may or may not be HiDPI aware. The issue with browsers is just about images that may (and one day will) be better for high resolution clients. The issue with OS and application are more painful. A lot of application just not usefull anymore on 15″ 4K display. OS trying too zoom Windows application to work with high DPI. For some it works, for some not.

FastStone Image Viewer on UHD display
FastStone Image Viewer 5.5 on 4K display

Java Application
Java applications are just tiny windows that is hard to work with.
Java_Application_on_4K_display

HDD Performance
Dell_XPS_15_HDD_Performance

Game Performance
Play CS:GO at 4K is possible with most settings on high
Playing CSGO at 4K

Display
UltraHD IGZO display vs FullHD IPS
UHD_dropbox_in_windows_explorerFHD_dropbox_in_windows_explorer

Compare with nettops

Dell XPS 15 9550 BRIX i7-5500U NUC i5-4250U
Operating System Microsoft Windows 10(64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7(64-bit) Microsoft Windows 7(64-bit)
CPU Intel Core i7-6700HQ2.6-3.5 GHz Intel Core i7-5500U2.4-3.0 GHz Intel Core i5-4250U1.3-2.6 GHz
CPU details 4 core, 6 MB cache, PCIe 3.0, 14nm 2 core, 4 MB cache, PCIe 2.0, 14nm 2 core, 3 MB cache, PCIe 2.0, 22nm
Memory 16 GB DDR4 2133 16 GB DDR3L 1866 16 GB DDR3L 1600
HDD 512 GB nVME SSD 1 TB mSATA SSD 480 GB mSATA SSD
Graphic Card Intel HD Graphics 530 up to 1 GB NVidia GeForce GTX 960M 2GB Intel HD Graphics 5500 up to 2 GB Intel HD Graphics 5000 up to 1 GB
Wireless Dell DW1830 802.11ac 3×3 Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 3160 Intel Dual Band Wireless-AC 7260
Dell 4K (FullHD) BRIX NUC
Passmark PT 8.0 2730(3188) 2535 2307
Geekbench 3 11750 6100 4441
PCMark 8 2907 (3436) 2720 2403
3DMark 11 CG 16871 5850 5173
3DMark Vintage 20867 5837 5405
3DMark 06 23511 8979 6170

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