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Dell XPS 17 9710 Core i7 RTX 3060

Dell XPS 17 9710 11th Gen Intel Laptop Review: Small Changes That Matter by Allen Ngo
#163 Intel Core i7-11800H
#89 NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU
32768 MB
1024 GB
SSD
17.00-inch
3840x2400
2475 g
374.45 x 248.05 x 19.5
97 Wh
2900 Euro

Specifications

Dell XPS 17 9710 Core i7 RTX 3060 (XPS 17 Series)
Processor
Intel Core i7-11800H 8 x 2.3 - 4.6 GHz, 109 W PL2 / Short Burst, 55 W PL1 / Sustained, Tiger Lake-H
Graphics adapter
NVIDIA GeForce RTX 3060 Laptop GPU - 6 GB VRAM, Core: 1282 MHz, Memory: 1500 MHz, 70 W TDP, GDDR6, 471.11, Optimus
Memory
32 GB 
, Kingston DDR4-3200, 22-22-22-52, Dual-Channel
Display
17.00 inch 16:10, 3840 x 2400 pixel 266 PPI, 10-point capacitive, Sharp LQ170R1, IPS, SHP1517, Dell P/N: 5KKRM, glossy: yes, HDR, 60 Hz
Mainboard
Intel WM590 (Tiger Lake PCH-H)
Storage
Micron 2300 1TB MTFDHBA1T0TDV, 1024 GB 
Soundcard
Intel Tiger Lake PCH-H - cAVS (Audio, Voice, Speech)
Connections
4 USB 3.0 / 3.1 Gen1, 4 USB 3.1 Gen2, 4 USB 3.2 Gen 2x2 20Gbps, 4 Thunderbolt, USB-C Power Delivery (PD), 4 DisplayPort, 1 Kensington Lock, Audio Connections: 3.5 mm combo, Card Reader: SD reader, 1 Fingerprint Reader, Brightness Sensor
Networking
Intel Killer Wi-Fi 6 AX1650s (ax = Wi-Fi 6/), Bluetooth 5.2
Size
height x width x depth (in mm): 19.5 x 374.45 x 248.05 ( = 0.77 x 14.74 x 9.77 in)
Battery
97 Wh Lithium-Polymer
Operating System
Microsoft Windows 10 Home 64 Bit
Camera
Webcam: 720p
Primary Camera: 0.9 MPix
Additional features
Speakers: 2.5 W x2 + 1.5 W x2, Keyboard: Chiclet, Keyboard Light: yes, USB-C to HDMI and USB-A adapter, Dell Power Manager, Update, Mobile Connect 3.3, CinemaColor, Digital Delivery, 12 Months Warranty
Weight
2.475 kg ( = 87.3 oz / 5.46 pounds), Power Supply: 508 g ( = 17.92 oz / 1.12 pounds)
Price
2900 USD
Links
Dell homepage
Dell notebook section

 

496
cd/m²		484.9
cd/m²		490.7
cd/m²
480.7
cd/m²		536.5
cd/m²		475.5
cd/m²
457.1
cd/m²		507
cd/m²		474.6
cd/m²
Distribution of brightness
Sharp LQ170R1 tested with X-Rite i1Pro 2
Maximum: 536.5 cd/m² (Nits) Average: 489.2 cd/m² Minimum: 26.7 cd/m²
Brightness Distribution: 85 %
Center on Battery: 536.5 cd/m²
Contrast: 1450:1 (Black: 0.37 cd/m²)
ΔE Color 2.46 | 0.5-29.43 Ø5, calibrated: 1.85
ΔE Greyscale 2.9 | 0.57-98 Ø5.3
100% AdobeRGB 1998 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
100% sRGB (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
94.8% Display P3 (Argyll 2.2.0 3D)
Gamma: 2.12
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Noise Level

Idle
25.2 / 25.2 / 25.2 dB(A)
Load
45.9 / 50.4 dB(A)
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30 dB
silent
40 dB(A)
audible
50 dB(A)
loud
  
min: dark, med: mid, max: light   Earthworks M23R, Arta (15 cm distance)   environment noise: 25.5 dB(A)
Power Consumption
Off / Standbydarklight 0.13 / 1.17 Watt
Idledarkmidlight 7.5 / 15.7 / 23.1 Watt
Load midlight 87.2 / 131.6 Watt
 color bar
Key: min: dark, med: mid, max: light        Metrahit Energy
Currently we use the Metrahit Energy, a professional single phase power quality and energy measurement digital multimeter, for our measurements. Find out more about it here. All of our test methods can be found here.
Battery Runtime
Idle (without WLAN, min brightness)
17h 40min
WiFi Websurfing
7h 33min
Load (maximum brightness)
2h 37min

Dell XPS 17 9710 Core i7 RTX 3060 - 07/19/2021 v7
Redaktion

Chassis
89 / 98 → 90%
Keyboard
89%
Pointing Device
88%
Connectivity
66 / 80 → 82%
Weight
60 / 20-72 → 77%
Battery
77 / 95 → 81%
Display
87%
Games Performance
95 / 90 → 100%
Application Performance
95 / 90 → 100%
Temperature
88%
Noise
81 / 95 → 85%
Audio
84%
Camera
36 / 85 → 42%
Average
80%
88%
Multimedia - Weighted Average

Pros

+faster and more consistent performance than XPS 17 9700
+battery no longer discharges when running high loads
+accessible 2x SODIMM + 2x M.2 2280 PCIe 4 SSD slots
+very high screen-to-body ratio
+plenty of Thunderbolt 4 ports
 

Cons

-slightly below average GeForce RTX 3060 performance
-very warm core temperatures when under load
-no integrated USB-A or HDMI ports
-no improvements to battery life
-still no webcam shutter
AS SSD Copy Game MB/s: 1786 MB/s
AS SSD Copy Program MB/s: 976 MB/s
AS SSD Copy ISO MB/s: 1563 MB/s
AS SSD Score Total: 4757 Points
AS SSD Score Write: 2358 Points
AS SSD Score Read: 1619 Points
AS SSD Access Time Write: 0.246 ms*
AS SSD Access Time Read: 0.034 ms*
AS SSD 4K-64 Write: 2076 MB/s
AS SSD 4K-64 Read: 1295 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Write: 125.8 MB/s
AS SSD 4K Read: 55.2 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Write: 1566 MB/s
AS SSD Seq Read: 2688 MB/s
Cinebench R15 CPU Single 64Bit: 225 Points
Cinebench R15 CPU Multi 64Bit: 1846 Points
Cinebench R15 Ref. Match 64Bit: 99.6 %
Cinebench R15 OpenGL 64Bit: 191 fps
3DMark 11 Performance Combined: 17479 Points
3DMark 11 Performance Physics: 17729 Points
3DMark 11 Performance GPU: 24844 Points
3DMark 11 Performance: 22537 Points
3DMark Port Royal Graphics: 4168
3DMark Time Spy CPU: 8963 Points
3DMark Time Spy Graphics: 7042 Points
3DMark Time Spy Score: 7275 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Combined: 2272 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Physics: 23196 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Graphics: 4297 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Ultra Score: 4444 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Combined: 6772 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Physics: 22523 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Graphics: 17960 Points
3DMark Fire Strike Score: 15826 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Physics: 15649 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Graphics: 47737 Points
3DMark Cloud Gate Standard Score: 32793 Points
Mozilla Kraken 1.1 Total: 633 ms*
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K: 109.2 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K: 56.6 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq: 2073 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq: 1916 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write 4K Q32T1: 487 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read 4K Q32T1: 463.2 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Write Seq Q32T1: 3155 MB/s
CrystalDiskMark 5.2 / 6 Read Seq Q32T1: 3209 MB/s
Geekbench 4.4 Compute OpenCL Score: 227273
Geekbench 4.4 64 Bit Multi-Core Score: 36706
Geekbench 4.4 64 Bit Single-Core Score: 6618
AIDA64 CPU ZLib: 0 MB/s
AIDA64 Memory Latency: 0 ns*
WebXPRT 3 Overall: 260 Points
DiskSpd 4k q1 t1 write: 113 MB/s
DiskSpd 4k q1 t1 read: 45.8 MB/s
DiskSpd 4k q32 t16 write: 426 MB/s
DiskSpd 4k q32 t16 read: 723 MB/s
DiskSpd seq write: 2049 MB/s
DiskSpd seq read: 1864 MB/s
DiskSpd seq q8 t1 write: 3160 MB/s
DiskSpd seq q8 t1 read: 3213 MB/s
DiskSpd loop seq q8 t1 read: 3181 MB/s
Cinebench R20 CPU (Single Core): 579 Points
Cinebench R20 CPU (Multi Core): 4352 Points
Geekbench 5.0 OpenCL Score 5.0: 86067
Geekbench 5.0 5.0 Multi-Core: 9103
Geekbench 5.0 5.0 Single-Core: 1550
V-Ray Benchmark Next 4.10 GPU: 323 mpaths
V-Ray Benchmark Next 4.10 CPU: 13644 ksamples
Geekbench 5.5 OpenCL Score: 11499
Geekbench 5.5 Vulkan Score: 10358
DPC Latencies / LatencyMon interrupt to process latency (max), Web, Youtube, Prime95: 566 μs*
Cinebench R23 Single Core: 1502 Points
Cinebench R23 Multi Core: 11668 Points
V-Ray 5 Benchmark CPU: 8858 mpaths
LibreOffice 20 Documents To PDF: 45.4 s*
PCMark 10 Digital Content Creation: 9415 Points
PCMark 10 Productivity: 8660 Points
PCMark 10 Essentials: 10035 Points
PCMark 10 Score: 6706 Points
Blender v2.79 BMW27 CPU: 261 Seconds*
7-Zip 18.03 7z b 4: 51729 MIPS
7-Zip 18.03 7z b 4 -mmt1: 5481 MIPS
HWBOT x265 Benchmark v2.2 4k Preset: 14.6 fps
Jetstream 2 Total Score: 189.5 Points
R Benchmark 2.5 Overall mean: 0.56 sec*
Youtube 2160p60 CPU Load: 5 %
GTA V Highest Settings possible: 63.6 fps
GTA V Highest Settings possible: 81.6 fps
GTA V High/On (Advanced Graphics Off): 155 fps
GTA V Normal/Off: 172 fps
GTA V Normal/Off: 178 fps
GTA V Lowest Settings possible: 177 fps
GTA V Lowest Settings possible: 181 fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark High Quality: 31.4 fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark High Quality: 54.9 fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark High Quality: 73.5 fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark Standard Quality: 98.2 fps
Final Fantasy XV Benchmark Lite Quality: 140 fps
X-Plane 11.11 high (fps_test=3): 60.2 fps
X-Plane 11.11 high (fps_test=3): 84.6 fps
X-Plane 11.11 med (fps_test=2): 105 fps
X-Plane 11.11 low (fps_test=1): 125 fps
Strange Brigade ultra: 91.1 fps
Strange Brigade ultra: 123 fps
Strange Brigade high: 140 fps
Strange Brigade medium: 176 fps
Strange Brigade lowest: 348 fps
The Witcher 3 Ultra Graphics & Postprocessing (HBAO+): 72.3 fps
The Witcher 3 High Graphics & Postprocessing (Nvidia HairWorks Off): 142.2 fps
The Witcher 3 Medium Graphics & Postprocessing: 218.1 fps
The Witcher 3 Low Graphics & Postprocessing: 341.6 fps
Dota 2 Reborn ultra (3/3) best looking: 126 fps
Dota 2 Reborn high (2/3): 133 fps
Dota 2 Reborn med (1/3): 148 fps
Dota 2 Reborn min (0/3) fastest: 168 fps
SD Card Reader JPG Copy Test (av. of 3 runs): 178.1 MB/s
SD Card Reader AS SSD Seq Read Test (1GB): 175.7 MB/s
Battery Runtime WiFi Websurfing: 453 min
Response Times Response Time Grey 50% / Grey 80%: 44.8 ms*
Response Times Response Time Black / White: 32 ms*
Response Times PWM Frequency: 0 Hz
Emissions Fan Noise The Witcher 3 ultra: 49 dB(A)
Emissions Fan Noise: 50.4 dB(A)
Loudspeakers Pink Noise: 78.3 dB(A)
Networking iperf3 receive AX12: 1507 MBit/s
Networking iperf3 transmit AX12: 1288 MBit/s
Power Consumption Witcher 3 ultra Efficiency (external Monitor): 0.651 fps per Watt
Power Consumption Witcher 3 ultra Efficiency: 0.623 fps per Watt
Power Consumption Cinebench R15 Multi Efficiency (external Monitor): 14.9 Points per Watt
Power Consumption Prime95 28.10 and Furmark 1.25: 123 Watt*
Power Consumption Witcher 3 ultra: 116 Watt*
Power Consumption Prime95 V2810 Stress (external Monitor): 101 Watt*
Power Consumption Cinebench R15 Multi (external Monitor): 124 Watt*
Power Consumption FurMark 1.19 GPU Stress Test (external Monitor): 107 Watt*
Power Consumption The Witcher 3 ultra (external Monitor): 111 Watt*
Camera Testchart perfect light: 0
Camera ColorChecker Passport perfect light DeltaE: 19.46 DeltaE*
Display Display P3 Coverage: 94.8 %
Display sRGB Coverage: 100 %
Display AdobeRGB 1998 Coverage: 100 %
* Smaller values are better.
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Redaktion, 2014-09-29 (Update: 2014-09-29)