Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.21% 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 Drive227% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 08 '18 at 13:52
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 23%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 80.8
2-Core 165
63% 108 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 511
52% 422 Pts
64-Core 527
33% 527 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.21% Terrible
Lighting 6.5
Reflection 39.8
Parallax 6.19
5% 17.5 fps
MRender 9.19
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 12.8
8% 9.33 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.21%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
382GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1479 921 592 576 596 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
227% Outstanding
Read 2,086
Write 1,548
Mixed 1197
SusWrite 794
313% 1,406 MB/s
4K Read 42.3
4K Write 99.5
4K Mixed 68.3
204% 70 MB/s
DQ Read 722
DQ Write 642
DQ Mixed 678
510% 681 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 227%
Great: 340%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
684GB free
Firmware: RVT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 406 415 420 407 411 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
87.9% Excellent
Read 424
Write 407
Mixed 387
SusWrite 407
92% 406 MB/s
4K Read 19.5
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 30.8
100% 35.9 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 313
DQ Mixed 335
252% 337 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4S26BFSD.16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
72.2% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.4
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 28.1
SC Mixed 21.4
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 82.4
48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 72.2%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 875 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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