Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	33.6% 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	39.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150211
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '18 at 01:45
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 70 2-Core 128 57% 92.4 Pts	4-Core 223 8-Core 349 35% 286 Pts	64-Core 363 22% 363 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0685) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9065 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.6% Below average	Lighting 43 Reflection 39.2 Parallax 35.7 35% 39.3 fps	MRender 42.5 Gravity 37.5 Splatting 34.1 31% 38 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 128GB 1,404 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT25D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 1 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 677 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 78 78 262 (B2) Unknown 100 1 0 (B3) Unknown 100 1 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2208 (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 39241547605 (F2) Unknown 99 99 24513900530	39.5% Below average	Read 372 Write 24.3 Mixed 90.7 35% 162 MB/s	4K Read 19.6 4K Write 24.8 4K Mixed 10.3 56% 18.2 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 45.9 DQ Mixed 26.5 51% 109 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 74%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 151GB free Firmware: AX0P2D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1778 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 61 61 15606 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 675 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 10 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 19 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 51 51 497574 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 206159216676 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 38754589 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 74438769 (F0) Head flying hours 87 87 5485 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14396329328 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22722152375 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	48.4% Average	Read 77.3 Write 91.5 Mixed 70.8 60% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.17 4K Mixed 0.17 55% 0.56 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	31.2% Below average	MC Read 13.5 MC Write 8 MC Mixed 9 29% 10.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 8.2 SC Mixed 9.9 28% 9.73 GB/s	Latency 82.2 49% 82.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 31.2% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 15

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	148x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	66x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	256x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	98x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	47x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	47x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	44x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	93x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	40x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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