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Preview: Dell XPS 15z Notebook in test

J. Simon Leitner (translated by Martina Osztovits), 05/24/2011

Premium? A long time rumors about the succession of the slim Adamo series flew thick and fast. Now, we know the official answer: Adamo turns into Dell XPS -z. The 15-inch model of the new slim aluminium laptops is already under review. Here are the first results.

Display

         
 279
cd/m²		286
cd/m²		263
cd/m²
 249
cd/m²		282
cd/m²		244
cd/m²
 231
cd/m²		226
cd/m²		268
cd/m²
         
Information
Gossen Mavo-Monitor
Maximum: 286 cd/m²
Average: 258.7 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 79 %
Center on Battery: 282 cd/m²
Black: 0.55 cd/m²
Contrast: 513:1
Distribution of brightness
PC Mark
PCMark Vantage8238 points
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(3)(0)(2)(2)(7)(1)(8)(10)(4)(8)(9)(9)(2)(5)(1)(6)(5)(1)(7)(9)(7)(8)(8)(9)(9)(6)(13)(7)(9)(4)(7)(4)(2)(7)(5)(4)(3)(4)(1)(4)(2)(0)(0)(1)(1)(1)(1)(0)(1)(0)(1)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(2)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
PCMark 72633 points
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(1)(1)(2)(4)(3)(1)(1)(1)(2)(3)(1)(0)(1)(2)(6)(2)(1)(0)(2)(2)(0)(3)(2)(2)(2)(0)(1)(1)(2)(3)(4)(0)(1)(1)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
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3D Mark
3DMark 06
 1280x1024		7392 points
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(3)(3)(2)(3)(1)(3)(0)(1)(2)(2)(2)(0)(2)(1)(4)(1)(4)(3)(9)(4)(4)(6)(11)(4)(2)(6)(5)(3)(2)(1)(4)(1)(6)(2)(0)(0)(3)(2)(4)(0)(4)(3)(1)(7)(1)(8)(12)(1)(7)(5)(3)(11)(3)(4)(7)(3)(7)(3)(4)(5)(0)(3)(11)(7)(2)(5)(3)(4)(1)(1)(4)(2)(2)(1)(0)(2)(2)(0)(0)(1)(1)(1)(1)(1)(2)(0)(0)(1)(1)(2)(1)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(2)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(3)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
3DMark Vantage3891 points
(0)(0)(1)(2)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(4)(3)(8)(6)(5)(6)(4)(2)(2)(1)(2)(3)(2)(3)(5)(2)(1)(0)(2)(4)(4)(4)(4)(1)(2)(2)(6)(3)(7)(2)(3)(1)(4)(2)(8)(3)(4)(5)(5)(2)(1)(4)(5)(8)(9)(1)(4)(5)(7)(4)(2)(7)(9)(3)(1)(3)(2)(3)(3)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(3)(1)(2)(0)(3)(1)(0)(0)(4)(1)(1)(1)(1)(0)(2)(1)(1)(2)(0)(0)(3)(1)(1)(1)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
3DMark 11901 points
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(1)(3)(0)(1)(6)(1)(0)(1)(1)(0)(1)(2)(1)(0)(2)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(2)(3)(0)(1)(2)(2)(1)(3)(4)(16)(3)(12)(3)(2)(1)(4)(2)(2)(3)(3)(1)(3)(0)(2)(0)(1)(2)(0)(1)(2)(0)(2)(0)(0)(1)(3)(1)(1)(1)(2)(0)(2)(2)(0)(1)(0)(1)(1)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
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Emissions

Noise Level

Idle 34.6 / 34.6 / 34.6 dB
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(3)(0)(1)(10)(0)(1)(47)(0)(3)(35)(56)(0)(0)(112)(0)(7)(77)(0)(3)(4)(36)(2)(0)(24)(0)(5)(10)(1)(2)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(6)(0)(0)(0)(16)(0)(1)(5)(54)(0)(3)(91)(0)(0)(105)(0)(0)(0)(54)(1)(14)(17)(2)(0)(23)(0)(0)(9)(1)(0)(0)(12)(0)(2)(5)(1)(0)(9)(0)(0)(3)(11)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(7)(0)(1)(23)(10)(0)(0)(65)(0)(0)(85)(0)(9)(13)(55)(0)(0)(45)(0)(0)(45)(2)(13)(13)(0)(0)(2)(12)(1)(1)(9)(1)(1)(5)(0)(0)(1)(17)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
HDD 34.9 dB
(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(2)(17)(0)(3)(0)(66)(3)(10)(75)(1)(1)(99)(0)(0)(3)(57)(3)(1)(20)(0)(3)(13)(0)(0)(9)(7)(10)(1)(1)(0)(0)(2)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
DVD 38.8 / dB
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(3)(0)(11)(2)(0)(9)(1)(40)(0)(9)(59)(5)(0)(86)(0)(16)(9)(38)(0)(11)(38)(1)(5)(27)(0)(2)(4)(14)(0)(2)(5)(1)(0)(5)(0)(0)(4)(0)(0)(2)(5)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(1)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(4)(0)(6)(0)(0)(1)(8)(0)(0)(10)(0)(0)(4)(3)(0)(0)(4)(4)(0)(7)(0)(0)(5)(6)(0)(0)(0)(11)(0)(3)(6)(0)(11)(0)(0)(0)(0)(11)(0)(13)(5)(0)(2)(9)(1)(5)(0)(0)(0)(5)
Load 43.3 / 48.4 dB
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(6)(21)(0)(1)(6)(17)(0)(3)(32)(0)(8)(40)(0)(0)(10)(41)(0)(9)(22)(1)(1)(33)(1)(2)(20)(6)(0)(4)(23)(0)(0)(19)(1)(2)(14)(5)(1)(7)(12)(0)(1)(11)(0)(0)(6)(0)(0)(1)(7)(3)(0)(1)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(1)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(2)(1)(0)(3)(0)(0)(0)(5)(4)(4)(2)(5)(1)(0)(9)(9)(0)(0)(24)(2)(7)(31)(1)(0)(22)(25)(0)(1)(50)(0)(0)(41)(0)(0)(13)(26)(0)(0)(43)(0)(1)(26)(0)(1)(1)(20)(0)(0)(20)(1)(4)(15)(0)(0)(0)(6)(0)(0)
 
    30 dB
silent		 40 dB
audible		 50 dB
loud		  
min: , med: , max:    Voltcraft sl-300 (15 cm distance)

Temperature rise

Load
         
 46.6 °C45.7 °C34.1 °C
 41.8 °C41.4 °C30.8 °C
 37.1 °C34.4 °C28.1 °C
         
 
         
 33.4 °C43.1 °C41.7 °C
 30.9 °C38.6 °C39.4 °C
 28.9 °C32.1 °C36.8 °C
         
Maximum: 46.6 °C
Average: 37.8 °C		 Maximum: 43.1 °C
Average: 36.1 °C
Power Supply (max.)  55.6 °C | Room Temperature 23.1 °C | Raytek Raynger ST

Battery Life

Battery runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(2)(1)(5)(10)(13)(12)(22)(31)(21)(27)(22)(30)(26)(16)(22)(21)(15)(16)(10)(11)(7)(7)(6)(10)(10)(12)(5)(4)(8)(7)(4)(6)(1)(2)(2)(1)(5)(4)(1)(0)(2)(2)(2)(2)(1)(0)(3)(3)(1)(1)(1)(2)(3)(1)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)
8h 31min
Surfing with WLAN
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(2)(8)(20)(29)(39)(23)(34)(39)(24)(15)(20)(20)(18)(12)(11)(15)(10)(7)(8)(8)(1)(0)(4)(1)(9)(1)(4)(2)(0)(1)(1)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(3)(1)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
6h 00min
DVD
(0)(0)(0)(0)(3)(8)(28)(37)(46)(41)(56)(24)(33)(25)(29)(17)(14)(10)(11)(7)(7)(6)(3)(7)(1)(4)(3)(4)(2)(1)(2)(1)(2)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
4h 55min
Load (maximum brightness)
(0)(0)(1)(16)(81)(136)(84)(60)(42)(19)(10)(9)(2)(5)(2)(1)(1)(0)(2)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
1h 19min

Current consumption

Off / Standby 0.2 / 0.8 Watt
Idle 9.1 / 13.4 / 14.2 Watt
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(2)(4)(11)(10)(6)(21)(33)(7)(14)(40)(26)(38)(2)(23)(18)(16)(18)(4)(12)(9)(17)(14)(9)(1)(7)(7)(12)(2)(7)(9)(5)(6)(0)(2)(0)(5)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(3)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(3)(4)(7)(7)(8)(15)(13)(23)(0)(28)(23)(22)(28)(11)(19)(17)(15)(15)(3)(27)(0)(15)(16)(8)(9)(7)(10)(6)(1)(6)(7)(7)(5)(1)(9)(2)(6)(5)(1)(1)(0)(1)(7)(0)(2)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(7)(0)(7)(8)(12)(2)(12)(12)(22)(25)(8)(11)(26)(19)(12)(8)(8)(12)(17)(17)(8)(6)(12)(10)(12)(8)(5)(7)(12)(6)(7)(0)(11)(8)(7)(3)(5)(4)(7)(10)(4)(1)(1)(3)(1)(1)(0)(2)(6)(1)(0)(1)(0)(2)(1)(2)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(1)(2)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)
Load 61.4 / 94.4 Watt
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(3)(1)(5)(0)(0)(5)(2)(2)(4)(5)(6)(1)(6)(7)(10)(8)(2)(7)(10)(10)(11)(10)(0)(8)(12)(13)(8)(12)(6)(9)(10)(0)(13)(14)(7)(15)(1)(23)(1)(12)(7)(0)(12)(0)(6)(10)(5)(7)(1)(4)(4)(7)(8)(1)(1)(8)(0)(10)(2)(3)(5)(3)(2)(4)(7)(3)(1)(2)(3)(0)(0)(2)(1)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)
(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(0)(2)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(0)(1)(0)(0)(2)(0)(4)(1)(0)(4)(4)(1)(0)(3)(3)(4)(1)(4)(1)(5)(7)(2)(5)(8)(10)(8)(0)(6)(10)(6)(11)(9)(2)(5)(12)(12)(9)(7)(8)(3)(6)(10)(2)(15)(7)(16)(6)(3)(6)(5)(11)(3)(8)(0)(7)(5)(4)(4)(2)(8)(13)(3)(3)(6)(6)(6)(5)(1)(3)(2)(1)(1)(1)
 
Key: min: , med: , max:         Voltcraft VC 940

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Notebook specifications

Dell XPS 15z

:: Processor
Intel Core i7-2620M 2.7 GHz (Intel Core i7)
:: Mainboard
Intel HM65
:: Memory
8192 MB, manufacturer: Samsung, DDR3 1333MHz, 2x4096MB, max. 8GB, 2 slots
:: Graphics adapter
NVIDIA GeForce GT 525M - 2048 MB, Core: 600 MHz, Memory: 900 MHz, ForceWare 267.21
:: Display
15.6 inch 16:9, 1920x1080 pixel, AUO30ED, diagonal: 40 centimeters, LED, glossy: yes
:: Harddisk
Seagate Momentus 7200.5 ST9750420AS, 750GB 7200rpm Momentus 7200.5
:: Soundcard
Intel Cougar Point PCH - High Definition Audio Controller
:: Connections
1 USB 2.0, 2 USB 3.0, 1 HDMI, 1 eSata, Audio Connections: headphone, microphone, Card Reader: 9in1 (SD, SDIO, SDXC, SDHC, MS, MS Pro, MMC, MSXC, xD), RJ45
:: Networking
Atheros AR8151 PCI-E Gigabit Ethernet Controller (10/100/1000MBit), Intel Centrino Advanced-N 6230 (abgn), 3.0 Bluetooth, optional
:: Optical drive
HL-DT-ST DVD+-RW GS30N
:: Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 25 x 385 x 260
:: Weight
2.54 kg Power Supply: 0.45 kg
:: Battery
64 Wh Lithium-Polymer, not removable
:: Price
999 Euro
:: Operating System
Microsoft Windows 7 Home Premium 64 Bit
:: Additional features
Webcam: 1.3 Megapixel, 12 Months Warranty, Color: silver

 

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