Dell XPS 13 Kabylake Makes For A Great Linux Laptop

The Dell XPS 13 was also offering a significant upgrade in the Python performance.

The Dell XPS 9370 could perform a default Linux x86_64 kernel build in about 200 seconds. During this demanding process, the average CPU core temperature rose to 68 Celsius with a peak of 81C. The battery was drawing 22.4 Watts under this demanding load.

The Dell XPS 13 continued performing well in a wide range of Linux benchmarks carried out using the Phoronix Test Suite.