Keep in mind that the Core i7-10875H is rated for a maximum Turbo Boost clock rate of 4.3 GHz for all eight cores meaning that the steady-state 2.9 GHz Turbo Boost on the XPS 15 is likely thermally limited. When gaming, users can expect a fan noise between 42 dB(A) and 46 dB(A) depending on the processing load. This is very loud for a multimedia notebook and not unlike what we observed on the lesser i5-7300HQ XPS 13 SKU. The high contrast, wide IPS angles, and relatively bright backlight all help when using the notebook outdoors and under shade. Users can expect about 7 hours of real-world WLAN use compared to 5 hours on the SKU with the smaller battery pack. In most countries, the laptops are directly sold to consumers by Dell and each notebook custom-assembled according to a selection of options. Jumping from the Haswell i7-4700HQ to the i7-7700HQ will net performance gains of 20 percent and 30 percent in single- and multi-threaded workloads, respectively. The XPS 15 9500 with Core i7-10875H and GTX 1650 Ti graphics serves to directly replace last year's XPS 15 with Core i9-9980HK and GTX 1650 graphics. For these users who are drawn more by the quality and design of the notebook rather than its performance, the entry-level $999 USD SKU without the dGPU is actually very appealing.

As for the GPU, the XPS 15 9500 is one of the first to carry the GeForce GTX 1650 Ti to replace last year's GTX 1650. Thus, there are no Core i9 options to speak of unlike on the XPS 15 7590 — at least for now. We experienced no software or hardware issues during our time with the test unit. CPU temperature plateaus at a higher 87 C as a direct result. Our test unit comes with a 512 GB SK Hynix PC611 NVMe SSD with options to configure up to 2x 2 TB M.2 PCIe SSDs. Very similar IGZO panels can also be found on the recent Precision 7510, Precision 3510, and even the Razer Blade series, all of which are high-end or professional systems. In fact, fan behavior on the XPS 15 is more akin to thin gaming notebooks like the Asus GL502VM than something like the HP Envy or Lenovo IdeaPad.

In-depth review of the Dell XPS 15 9560 (i7-7700HQ, UHD) (Intel Core i7 7700HQ, NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1050 (Notebook), 15.6", 2.1 ) with numerous measurements, benchmarks, and evaluations ; Graph 2: Audio off. Interestingly, GPU clock rates would alternative between ~1470 MHz and ~1650 MHz every few minutes when idling on Witcher 3 instead of remaining constant like on most other laptops. With these GPUs you are able to play modern and demanding games fluently at medium detail settings and HD resolution. When under Prime95 stress, the system is able to maintain a Boost clock rate of 3.1 GHz or 300 MHz above its base clock rate and at a steady core temperature of 74 C. Running FurMark will cause the Nvidia GPU to cycle between ~532 MHz and ~1481 MHz. Subjectively, the system runs smoothly with no notable hardware or software hitches during our time with the test unit. i7-8705G: Quad-core notebook processor based on the Kaby Lake architecture running at 3.1 - 4.1 GHz.