Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.18% 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 Drive149% 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.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 000X1C
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '19 at 12:21
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Memory 89.7
1-Core 102
2-Core 198
76% 130 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 543
56% 449 Pts
64-Core 564
35% 564 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 82%
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)
6.18% Terrible
Lighting 6.43
Reflection 118
Parallax 6.53
5% 43.6 fps
MRender 9.57
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 12.8
8% 9.38 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.18%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
307GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 964 1153 1337 640 182 173 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
230% Outstanding
Read 1,944
Write 1,424
Mixed 846
SusWrite 742
275% 1,239 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 64.3
235% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 1184
DQ Write 398
DQ Mixed 464
428% 682 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 230%
Great: 283%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 491 545 218 101 101 101 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
149% Outstanding
Read 950
Write 593
Mixed 451
SusWrite 259
125% 563 MB/s
4K Read 41.8
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 46.9
195% 74.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,048
DQ Write 601
DQ Mixed 614
514% 755 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 149%
Great: 172%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
158GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 436 436 453 460 450 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
107% Outstanding
Read 477
Write 438
Mixed 410
SusWrite 435
99% 440 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 74.1
4K Mixed 45.4
150% 51.4 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 332
250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 107%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
73.9% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23.7
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 27.7
SC Mixed 23.3
64% 22.4 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 870 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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