Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.15% 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 Drive237% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware m15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01F1MV
Memory11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190429
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '20 at 21:37
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.4% Excellent
Memory 86
1-Core 127
2-Core 252
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 477
8-Core 726
75% 601 Pts
64-Core 1,022
63% 1,022 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.4%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6617
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.15% Terrible
Lighting 7.43
Reflection 102
Parallax 7.41
6% 39 fps
MRender 11.6
Gravity 6.6
Splatting 14.6
9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.15%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB
178GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1118 303 306 308 307 304 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 2,236
Write 1,373
Mixed 1,111
SusWrite 441
285% 1,290 MB/s
4K Read 59.4
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 74.5
244% 81.4 MB/s
DQ Read 979
DQ Write 1,012
DQ Mixed 992
747% 994 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 237%
Great: 255%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
931GB free
Firmware: SDM2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 127 129 129 126 123 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
67.8% Good
Read 108
Write 65.6
Mixed 107
SusWrite 127
76% 102 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 4
4K Mixed 2.4
399% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KHYXPX-MIE KHYXPX-MIE 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.6
MC Write 32.3
MC Mixed 23.3
84% 29.4 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 36.5
SC Mixed 26.7
79% 27.5 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware m15

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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