Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 39% Jet ski	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	43.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	240% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0X70NC
Memory	25.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Nov 25 '17 at 07:49
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Memory 87.4 1-Core 93.4 2-Core 172 70% 117 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 524 51% 420 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Lighting 52.9 Reflection 54 Parallax 48.5 43% 51.8 fps	MRender 57.9 Gravity 51.6 Splatting 51.2 44% 53.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.56% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 50.8 Parallax 6.75 6% 21.5 fps	MRender 9 Gravity 6 Splatting 14.3 8% 9.75 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.56% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 298GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	240% Outstanding	Read 2,031 Write 1,429 Mixed 1,481 365% 1,647 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 46.4 196% 75.2 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 163 148% 234 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 240% Great: 283%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 141GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7266 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 205 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 100 52 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 33 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6155851615	96.8% Outstanding	Read 494 Write 393 Mixed 414 97% 434 MB/s	4K Read 31.4 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 38 128% 43.3 MB/s	DQ Read 346 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 131 143% 241 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 133%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 41GB free Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 7918 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 274 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 23 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1061 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 5061832044 (F2) Unknown 99 99 4054109044	36.5% Below average	Read 485 Write 129 Mixed 210 60% 275 MB/s	4K Read 4.11 4K Write 12.1 4K Mixed 2.78 16% 6.32 MB/s	DQ Read 169 DQ Write 33.8 DQ Mixed 27.6 39% 76.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 27.7 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 26.9 SC Mixed 19 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 70.1 57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 90%

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	629x
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	483x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	94x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	211x
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	234x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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