Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	245% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 03R2RY
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190429
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 93.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 741 73% 598 Pts	64-Core 1,024 63% 1,024 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q) 10,818 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 116 Parallax 120 86% 114 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 105 Splatting 97.1 94% 118 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1632 640 756 800 790 771 MB/s Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	245% Outstanding	Read 2,004 Write 2,059 Mixed 1,486 SusWrite 898 362% 1,612 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 61.3 208% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,105 DQ Write 931 DQ Mixed 943 727% 993 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 245% Great: 267%
Crucial MX300 750GB-$160 24,471 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 12GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 418 Write 457 Mixed 372 93% 416 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 79 4K Mixed 35.3 124% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 355 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 334 250% 333 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 104%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 832GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2321 2160 1163 1160 1170 1168 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	316% Outstanding	Read 2,475 Write 2,267 Mixed 1,630 SusWrite 1,524 442% 1,974 MB/s	4K Read 59.6 4K Write 106 4K Mixed 74.5 242% 80.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1166 DQ Write 1,005 DQ Mixed 1,095 818% 1,089 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 316% Great: 372%
Samsung Flash Drive 32GB 12,134 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 26GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 30 22 22 24 24 22 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 139 Write 35.2 Mixed 50 SusWrite 24 67% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.9 88% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 16GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	80.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 22.8 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 26.5 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 61.5 65% 61.5 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 83%

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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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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	430x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	182x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	328x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	107x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	57x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	49x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	113x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	79x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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