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Gaming
Gaming 3%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 17%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 3%
Tree trunk
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 8.79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics7.97% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive29.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware M15x  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware
Memory2.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20110105
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 25 '21 at 05:30
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User GTM-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 Q 740-$190
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg)
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.79% Terrible
Memory 9
1-Core 15.5
2-Core 31.6
10% 18.7 Pts
4-Core 46.1
8-Core 78.8
8% 62.5 Pts
64-Core 81.7
5% 81.7 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑
This bench: 8.79%
 Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
7.97% Terrible
Lighting 10.8
Reflection 9.7
Parallax 9.5
9% 10 fps
MRender 8.6
Gravity 8.5
Splatting 6.7
6% 7.93 fps
Poor: 4% ↑
This bench: 7.97%
 Great: 9%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Crucial M4 256GB-$218
206GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 0309
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 106 150 155 184 173 MB/s
Relative performance (0th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
29.6% Poor
Read 166
Write 134
Mixed 143
SusWrite 148
33% 148 MB/s
4K Read 9.5
4K Write 9.8
4K Mixed 11.6
34% 10.3 MB/s
DQ Read 102
DQ Write 33.5
DQ Mixed 33.4
34% 56.1 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑
This bench: 29.6%
 Great: 74%
Seagate Ultra Slim PL 2TB
310GB free
Firmware: 0109
SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 21 26 26 27 27 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
14.3% Very poor
Read 24.3
Write 21.6
Mixed 17
SusWrite 25.1
16% 22 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.4
106% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑
This bench: 14.3%
 Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KF073F-ELD 80CE M471B5273CH0-CH9 6GB
1333, 1333 MHz
2048, 4096 MB
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
17.8% Very poor
MC Read 6.5
MC Write 6.2
MC Mixed 8.5
20% 7.07 GB/s
SC Read 2.5
SC Write 2.5
SC Mixed 2.5
7% 2.5 GB/s
Latency 413
10% 413 ns
Poor: 18% ↑
This bench: 17.8%
 Great: 36%
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 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Typical M15x Builds (Compare 145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
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Workstation
Workstation 6%
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System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel  $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel  $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel  $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples10x
GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples20x
SSD
A400 120GBKingston  $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair  $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples4x
330 Series 120GBIntel  $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples4x
RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples5x
EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $219
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269Nvidia RTX 4060 $295Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177Nvidia RTX 4070 $539Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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