Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	70.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0TTKRP
Memory	17.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 10:05
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

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PC Performing below expectations (37^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 above expectations (74^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 71.9 1-Core 124 2-Core 230 78% 142 Pts	4-Core 466 8-Core 728 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 878 54% 878 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% PNY(196E 1301) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.46 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	70.4% Very good	Lighting 85.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 123 70% 107 fps	MRender 169 Gravity 47.2 Splatting 61.7 72% 92.8 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1684 Write 1,641 Mixed 1,182 334% 1,502 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 56.3 192% 67.8 MB/s	DQ Read 987 DQ Write 703 DQ Mixed 849 633% 846 MB/s
Poor: 124% Great: 267%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 681GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 358 382 398 371 415 401 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 459 Write 414 Mixed 322 SusWrite 388 89% 396 MB/s	4K Read 25.5 4K Write 49 4K Mixed 30.3 103% 34.9 MB/s	DQ Read 378 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 265 221% 319 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 119%
Lacie P9227 Mobile 5TB 205 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 4.5TB free Firmware: 1153 SusWrite @10s intervals: 45 47 46 48 53 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 53.7 Write 83 Mixed 74.2 SusWrite 49.6 49% 65.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.5 154% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 67%
WD My Book 25EE 6TB 6,646 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 224GB free, PID 25ee Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 96 101 92 104 102 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	44.7% Average	Read 108 Write 102 Mixed 85 SusWrite 97.1 132% 98.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.5 4K Mixed 1 122% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 44.7% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CTD 2x16GB 20,439 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (38^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 30.7 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.9 84% 29.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 24.8 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 97 41% 97 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 90%

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

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	431x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	182x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	329x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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