Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.75% 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	34.7% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 20 '19 at 16:47
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing below expectations (40^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 77.8 1-Core 43.5 2-Core 86.1 46% 69.1 Pts	4-Core 162 8-Core 214 24% 188 Pts	64-Core 214 13% 214 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,120 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 341.74 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	5.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 7.73 Parallax 2.56 6% 6 fps	MRender 6.81 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 5.09 5% 5.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 120GB-$37 339,020 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 541ABBF0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 73 76 78 78 76 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	34.7% Below average	Read 141 Write 109 Mixed 108 SusWrite 77.3 24% 109 MB/s	4K Read 15.4 4K Write 31.3 4K Mixed 17.2 62% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 126 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 92.3 76% 109 MB/s
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 34.7% Great: 73%
SanDisk Extreme Pro USB 3.1 128GB-$37 664 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 49GB free, PID 5588 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 23 23 23 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	24.8% Poor	Read 29.1 Write 21.2 Mixed 23.9 SusWrite 22.7 32% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 4.4 328% 4.7 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 123%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Nanya M2S4G64CB8HG5N-CG 2x4GB 1,309 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1333 MHz Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	37.4% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 11.5 MC Mixed 13 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 8.2 SC Write 7.6 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 84.8 47% 84.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 51%

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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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Typical M15x Builds (Compare 145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $29Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $219

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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