Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 29% Raft	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 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.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	4.13% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	6.98% is an extremely low SSD score, this system will benefit from a faster SSD.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	18.9 Days
Run Date	Jul 27 '18 at 11:41
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 Q 740-$190 13,278 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	26.7% Poor	Memory 45.7 1-Core 25.3 2-Core 32 25% 34.3 Pts	4-Core 43.8 8-Core 84.7 8% 64.2 Pts	64-Core 79.9 5% 79.9 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 26.7% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.13% Terrible	Lighting 5.47 Reflection 4.12 Parallax 4.5 4% 4.69 fps	MRender 3.76 Gravity 4 Splatting 4.78 4% 4.18 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.13% Great: 9%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Corsair CMFSSD-64D1 64GB 80 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 30GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 19 24 21 24 22 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	6.98% Terrible	Read 36.9 Write 33.7 Mixed 35 SusWrite 21.8 7% 31.9 MB/s	4K Read 5.5 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 2.8 14% 4.13 MB/s
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 6.98% Great: 33%
Kingston A400 120GB-$30 166,392 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 112GB free Firmware: SBFK71E0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 192 54 51 44 49 51 MB/s Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.4% Below average	Read 220 Write 198 Mixed 176 SusWrite 73.7 37% 167 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 12.5 51% 16.6 MB/s	DQ Read 111 DQ Write 97.9 DQ Mixed 109 80% 106 MB/s
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33.4% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT351S6CFR8C-PB 80CE M471B5273CH0-CH9 8GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 34% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	23.2% Poor	MC Read 8.8 MC Write 6.7 MC Mixed 10.8 25% 8.77 GB/s	SC Read 3.7 SC Write 3.6 SC Mixed 3.9 11% 3.73 GB/s	Latency 178 22% 178 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.2% Great: 49%

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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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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16