Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 70.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R2
Memory	6.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 10:38
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 2.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.2% Very good	Memory 78.9 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 332 8-Core 499 52% 416 Pts	64-Core 506 31% 506 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8813 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.7% Below average	Lighting 43.2 Reflection 39.8 Parallax 35 35% 39.3 fps	MRender 41.3 Gravity 36.8 Splatting 35.4 31% 37.9 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 143GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	89.2% Excellent	Read 750 Write 277 Mixed 395 104% 474 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 90.7 4K Mixed 17.7 122% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 35.9 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 127 106% 146 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 89.2% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 834GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 174 174 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 407 (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 99 99 516 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 295 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15304 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 214749806633 (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 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 45 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1111832877 (F2) Unknown 100 100 744884373 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	76.3% Very good	Read 135 Write 131 Mixed 136 101% 134 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	59.6% Above average	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 17.7 61% 21.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.9 SC Write 16.7 SC Mixed 22.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	Latency 82.6 48% 82.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.6% 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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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