Alienware ASM201

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	235% 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 (56%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware ASM201 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GWM1Y
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180716
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 14:53
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	56%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 208 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 571 56% 461 Pts	64-Core 527 33% 527 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (51^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 176 Reflection 169 Parallax 174 144% 173 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 184 Splatting 127 115% 141 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 290GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 535 590 588 583 587 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	235% Outstanding	Read 1,788 Write 1,596 Mixed 725 SusWrite 618 263% 1,182 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 67.9 254% 95.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,125 DQ Write 1,060 DQ Mixed 924 740% 1,036 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 235% Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 1TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 93 93 96 96 104 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Read 72 Write 92 Mixed 53.7 SusWrite 95.7 58% 78.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.1 200% 1.23 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 68%
SanDisk Cruzer 8GB 5,405 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 1GB free, PID 5530 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6 6.2 6.4 6.4 6.4 6.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 22.7 Write 6.2 Mixed 7.7 SusWrite 6.3 12% 10.7 MB/s	4K Read 6.4 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 2.4 163% 3.5 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 1x16GB 1,444 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 1 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 13.5 SC Mixed 12.8 36% 12.5 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 41%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

System: Alienware ASM201

CPU
Core i7-6700TIntelBench 70%, 9,225 samples	194x
Core i5-6400TIntelBench 61%, 8,631 samples	74x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 960NvidiaBench 31%, 1,170 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	8x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	18x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	11x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	10x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	64x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 38%, 4,427 samples	40x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GBSamsungBench 38%, 8,819 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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