Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 37% Jet ski	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 23.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	20.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R2
Memory	2.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 16 '22 at 00:51
Run Duration	220 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	23.4% Poor	Memory 36.9 1-Core 20.9 2-Core 23.8 20% 27.2 Pts	4-Core 55 8-Core 120 10% 87.7 Pts	64-Core 118 7% 118 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 23.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 965M 3,914 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Dell(1028 0708) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1215 Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Lighting 30.2 Reflection 31 Parallax 0.3 25% 20.5 fps	MRender 26.3 Gravity 27.2 Splatting 0.1 13% 17.9 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SA400M8480G 480GB 3,316 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 279GB free Firmware: SBFK62B3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 329 290 152 109 149 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	54.5% Above average	Read 370 Write 199 Mixed 296 SusWrite 225 61% 272 MB/s	4K Read 17.8 4K Write 26.3 4K Mixed 17.8 64% 20.6 MB/s	DQ Read 166 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 143 107% 144 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.5% Great: 101%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 547GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 52 49 54 56 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	35.7% Below average	Read 66.6 Write 81.7 Mixed 49.2 SusWrite 57.4 47% 63.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 128% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 35.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	40.9% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 16.8 46% 16 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 8.7 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.4 GB/s	Latency 217 18% 217 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 74%

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

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	632x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	123x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	120x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	485x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	235x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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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 $178	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