Alienware ASM201

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


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 brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	254% 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 (45%). 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware ASM201 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GWM1Y
Memory	13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180716
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '19 at 21:09
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	45%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 89.1 1-Core 97.4 2-Core 216 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 596 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 551 34% 551 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 164 Reflection 184 Parallax 161 133% 170 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 170 Splatting 121 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 812 634 628 629 627 630 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,054 Write 1,520 Mixed 857 SusWrite 660 282% 1,273 MB/s	4K Read 59.1 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 79.3 272% 97.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 984 DQ Mixed 1,009 770% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 259%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 831GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 127 126 127 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Read 142 Write 131 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 128 78% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 75%

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 (94^th percentile)	41.3% Average	MC Read 14.9 MC Write 14.6 MC Mixed 11.9 39% 13.8 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 13.4 SC Mixed 12.8 35% 12.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 41.3% Great: 41%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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