Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.52% 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	115% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R2
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160707
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jun 05 '17 at 17:11
Run Duration	269 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 83.8 2-Core 165 65% 110 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 477 48% 387 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.52% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 39.9 Parallax 5.56 5% 17.1 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 5.03 Splatting 11.8 7% 8.21 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.52% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	115% Outstanding	Read 1,346 Write 251 Mixed 392 143% 663 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 26 132% 50.6 MB/s	DQ Read 38.7 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 17.7 52% 106 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 394GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 119 119 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1261 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 94 94 2787 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1166 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 94 94 63509 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 223339348002 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 335 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 341 (F1) Unknown 100 100 6120879584 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4403102351 (FE) Unknown 100 100 26	51.7% Above average	Read 87.6 Write 92.8 Mixed 89.3 68% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.22 4K Mixed 0.18 60% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.7% Great: 75%
Kingston DataTraveler 108 4GB 124 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 4GB free, PID 6545 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	7.11% Terrible	Read 26.7 Write 6.7 Mixed 8.56 14% 14 MB/s	4K Read 7.36 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.01 28% 2.46 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.11% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.7 57% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%

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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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