Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
ProcessorWith a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Boot Drive111% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0PRRP7
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20190530
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 30 '20 at 18:22
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (26th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
40% Below average
Memory 64.3
1-Core 25
2-Core 50.6
33% 46.6 Pts
4-Core 87.4
8-Core 137
14% 112 Pts
64-Core 141
9% 141 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 40%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4821
Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
308GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 537 535 522 524 520 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 885
Write 564
Mixed 398
SusWrite 531
132% 595 MB/s
4K Read 29
4K Write 57.6
4K Mixed 24.6
106% 37.1 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 241
182% 244 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 111%
Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
591GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 118 119 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 122
Write 119
Mixed 26.1
SusWrite 118
70% 96.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
48.1% Average
MC Read 17.8
MC Write 16.6
MC Mixed 21
53% 18.5 GB/s
SC Read 6.2
SC Write 9.9
SC Mixed 8.5
23% 8.2 GB/s
Latency 116
35% 116 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 48.1%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 875 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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