Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.7% 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	53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory	4GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and although it's sufficient for most games, some will benefit from up to 8GB of RAM. 4GB is also enough for modest file and system caches which allow for a responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	1.1 GB free of 4 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 26 '18 at 11:40
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 99 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 474 52% 408 Pts	64-Core 462 29% 462 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0685) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9793 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.7% Very poor	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 51.8 Parallax 47.1 3% 34.3 fps	MRender 58.9 Gravity 49.3 Splatting 49.3 42% 52.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 960GB-$195 1,486 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 778GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 50 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1518 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 798 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 98 98 8589935370 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1180012 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 423 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 99 (F1) Unknown 100 100 5388	53.1% Above average	Read 486 Write 338 Mixed 223 77% 349 MB/s	4K Read 17.7 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 0.06 44% 16.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.8 DQ Write 38.1 DQ Mixed 44.6 30% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 108%
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 195GB free Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1551 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 796 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 135 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 50 100 17185570866 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 135 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 14513 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 71 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14513 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41628 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1591	63.2% Good	Read 512 Write 232 Mixed 329 79% 358 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 59.9 4K Mixed 11.6 84% 32.2 MB/s	DQ Read 26.9 DQ Write 165 DQ Mixed 12.6 34% 68.2 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 91%
Intel SSDSCKJW240H6 240GB 843 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free Firmware: RG11 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1513 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 787 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 147 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 100 17185112116 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 147 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 12907 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 65535 (E3) Torque amplification count 100 100 82 (E4) Power-off retract count 100 100 65535 (E8) Unknown 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12907 (F2) Unknown 100 100 71450 (F9) Unknown 100 100 1960	61.7% Good	Read 481 Write 245 Mixed 313 76% 346 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 56 4K Mixed 13 89% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.7 DQ Write 58.7 DQ Mixed 12.6 18% 31.4 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 61.7% Great: 91%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 1x4GB 50,921 User benchmarks, average bench 23% 1 of 2 slots used 4GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	24.1% Poor	MC Read 7.4 MC Write 7.3 MC Mixed 6.9 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 8 SC Write 6.1 SC Mixed 8.6 22% 7.57 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 24.1% Great: 32%

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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 $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