Alienware M15x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 42.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	8.74% 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 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	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB 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 (72%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	3.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 26 '18 at 20:54
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	72%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 540 8,329 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Memory 63 1-Core 50.6 2-Core 95.4 43% 69.7 Pts	4-Core 128 8-Core 149 18% 139 Pts	64-Core 148 9% 148 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	8.74% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 8.42 Parallax 9.62 10% 9.88 fps	MRender 8.05 Gravity 8.4 Splatting 10 7% 8.82 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 8.74% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus XT SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$28 11,469 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 265GB free (System drive) Firmware: DEM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 47 50 45 52 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	26.3% Poor	Read 45.6 Write 57.5 Mixed 47.9 SusWrite 46 37% 49.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.6 106% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273CH0-CH9 0198 KF073F-ELD 6GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 29% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	23.6% Poor	MC Read 7.8 MC Write 7 MC Mixed 9.4 23% 8.07 GB/s	SC Read 6.7 SC Write 5.3 SC Mixed 6.6 18% 6.2 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 23.6% Great: 38%

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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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Typical M15x Builds (Compare 145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $30Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $220

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16