Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	33.9% 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	125% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (86%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 06D1WD
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 17 '18 at 02:22
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	86%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 95.2 2-Core 183 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 542 55% 444 Pts	64-Core 541 34% 541 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73.5% 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 CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Lighting 42.8 Reflection 41.1 Parallax 37.3 35% 40.4 fps	MRender 41.5 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 37 32% 39.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 136GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 1,400 Write 293 Mixed 430 152% 707 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 29.4 143% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 216 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 98.5 103% 169 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 806GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 175 175 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 687 (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 97 97 1320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 311 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8648 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 197569216546 (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 100 100 189 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3640282850 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1894692190 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	66.1% Good	Read 115 Write 115 Mixed 116 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.2 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 21.3 62% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 75.1 53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 76%

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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

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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