Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	23.3% 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	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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0NJG54
Memory	4.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '18 at 13:26
Run Duration	114 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6300HQ 41,531 User benchmarks, average bench 54% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 86.3 2-Core 167 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 345 47% 348 Pts	64-Core 346 21% 346 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 66%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 965M 3,914 User benchmarks, average bench 24% Dell(1028 0708) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5354 Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	23.3% Poor	Lighting 31.1 Reflection 29.6 Parallax 25.3 25% 28.7 fps	MRender 18 Gravity 27.1 Splatting 25 19% 23.4 fps
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 23.3% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 787GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 89 89 17854 (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 95 95 2475 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 3492 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 114 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 51234 (C2) HDA temperature 139 139 244814053419 (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 95 95 2368 (F1) Unknown 100 100 37059560390 (F2) Unknown 100 100 49028752799 (FE) Unknown 100 100 158	63.6% Good	Read 109 Write 112 Mixed 91.5 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.6% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A2 2TB 18,040 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1TB free, PID 25a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	35.9% Below average	Read 86.4 Write 85.3 Mixed 84.6 110% 85.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.21 61% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 35.9% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	66.9% Good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22.7 SC Mixed 19.1 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 77.3 52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 74%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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