Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.51% 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 Drive	81.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 96% 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 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 06D1WD
Memory	20.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	8.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 05 '19 at 20:46
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%
CPU Throttled	96%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Memory 80.9 1-Core 68.4 2-Core 141 58% 96.8 Pts	4-Core 283 8-Core 532 49% 408 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.51% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 16.8 Parallax 5.28 5% 9.3 fps	MRender 8.24 Gravity 5.87 Splatting 10.9 7% 8.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.51% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 293GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 344 338 334 315 327 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Read 424 Write 394 Mixed 336 SusWrite 336 84% 372 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 36.2 111% 37.3 MB/s	DQ Read 276 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 154 124% 180 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 131%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 323GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 83 82 84 84 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	53.8% Above average	Read 104 Write 106 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 83 59% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4S240FSD.16FAD 2x16GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 25.6 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.3 SC Write 21.3 SC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 78.8 51% 78.8 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 84%

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

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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 $295	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