Alienware M15x

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 2%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 25%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 21.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics8.97% 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 DriveThe 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.
Memory6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 9 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemAlienware M15x  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware
Memory4.4 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20100824
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '18 at 03:10
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (46th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7 Q 740-$190
CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 1.75 GHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
21.4% Poor
Memory 35.7
1-Core 17.5
2-Core 27.5
19% 26.9 Pts
4-Core 40.5
8-Core 59.5
6% 50 Pts
64-Core 59.5
4% 59.5 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 21.4%
Great: 62%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850
Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB
Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 8.763.0.0
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
8.97% Terrible
Lighting 11.5
Reflection 8.81
Parallax 9.56
9% 9.97 fps
MRender 8.52
Gravity 8.4
Splatting 12
8% 9.64 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 8.97%
Great: 9%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Black 2.5" 250GB (2010)-$50
92GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.0 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
45.5% Average
Read 71.2
Write 87.7
Mixed 65.7
56% 74.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.22
4K Write 0.63
4K Mixed 0.19
42% 0.35 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 45.5%
Great: 52%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 0198 KF073F-ELD 6GB
1333, 1333 MHz
4096, 2048 MB
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
16% Very poor
MC Read 7.3
MC Write 5.7
MC Mixed 5.2
17% 6.07 GB/s
SC Read 3
SC Write 2.6
SC Mixed 0.6
6% 2.07 GB/s
Latency 224
18% 224 ns
Poor: 17%
This bench: 16%
Great: 39%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical M15x Builds (Compare 145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware M15x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 53% - Above average Total price: $220
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