Dell XPS 12 2-in-1 Ultrabook Review

1. Introduction2. Dell XPS 12: Packaging and Bundle3. Dell XPS 12: Design4. Testing Methodology and Configuration5. Synthetic: PCMark 86. Synthetic: 3DMark7. Synthetic: 3DMark 118. Synthetic: 3DMark Vantage9. Synthetic: Unigine Heaven10. Synthetic: SiSoft Sandra 201311. Synthetic: Cinebench R11.512. Synthetic: Cinebench R1513. Synthetic: Super Pi14. Real World: WinRAR15. Real World: MKV Playback16. Real World: Media Encoding17. Gaming: DiRT Showdown18. Technical: Acoustics19. Technical: Thermal Dynamics20. Technical: Battery Life21. Closing Thoughts22. View All Pages

3DMark is Futuremark’s latest benchmark. It can be used to benchmark and compare everything from mobile devices, such as smart phones, tablets and laptops, to high-end gaming systems. The benchmark is available for Windows, Windows RT Android and iOS.

With 3 separate tests, each of which is intended to be used alongside a specific classification of hardware, 3DMark is a very versatile benchmark. Ice Storm is intended to be used with mobile devices, Cloud Gate is good for use with laptops and home PCs, and Fire Strike can be used to push the performance of gaming PCs.

We used the ‘Fire Strike’ benchmark which is designed to be used on gaming PCs. We opted for the Normal setting, NOT the Extreme mode.

Despite the integrated graphics card, this system performed reasonably well in this test.

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