Alienware M15x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 2% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	3.81% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	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 (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	14.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20091216
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 13 '17 at 15:26
Run Duration	103 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%

PC Performing as expected (45^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	48.6% Average	Memory 82.7 1-Core 60.4 2-Core 42.5 46% 61.9 Pts	4-Core 85.2 8-Core 98.7 12% 91.9 Pts	64-Core 133 8% 133 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,120 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.1 Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	3.81% Terrible	Lighting 5.3 Reflection 4.69 Parallax 1.47 4% 3.82 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 3.3 Splatting 3.3 3% 3.47 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.81% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 435GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0004SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 117 99 154181563 (03) Spinup time 97 97 0 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2832 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 75 60 38924666361 (09) Power-on hours count 93 93 6678 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 37 2779 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 1 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 70 33 25426711281694 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 596 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 74 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 78 78 45823 (C2) HDA temperature 30 67 55834574878 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 48 34 154181563 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -28084791141846 (F1) Unknown 100 253 3015776552 (F2) Unknown 100 253 3501008952 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	49.6% Average	Read 89 Write 83.9 Mixed 75.1 62% 82.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 0.91 4K Mixed 0.35 77% 0.58 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49.6% Great: 58%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 9905428-435.A00LF 0198 99U5428-063.A00LF 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 15% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	36.6% Below average	MC Read 15.2 MC Write 11.3 MC Mixed 12.3 37% 12.9 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 7.2 SC Mixed 7.2 21% 7.3 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 36.6% Great: 18%

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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 $29Bench 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: $219

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 $182	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) $30	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