Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 57.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.17% 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	34.1% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20110105
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '16 at 13:16
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing below expectations (38^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 1.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	57.5% Above average	Memory 89.3 1-Core 60.3 2-Core 102 55% 83.8 Pts	4-Core 142 8-Core 220 22% 181 Pts	64-Core 218 14% 218 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 57.5% 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 Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4192 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.73 Reflection 7.12 Parallax 2.53 6% 5.46 fps	MRender 6.52 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 4.87 5% 5.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 240GB-$35 176,713 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 95GB free (System drive) Firmware: 608ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 30 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 119 (A2) Unknown 100 100 1 (A3) Unknown 100 100 2 (A4) Unknown 100 100 4407 (A5) Unknown 100 100 7 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 4 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 37 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 8 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14285 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13535 (F5) Unknown 100 100 24295	34.1% Below average	Read 240 Write 193 Mixed 217 48% 217 MB/s	4K Read 8.77 4K Write 15 4K Mixed 2.49 24% 8.76 MB/s	DQ Read 117 DQ Write 148 DQ Mixed 18.1 45% 94.1 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 85%
Generic 00000 SD Card 64GB 234 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 34GB free Firmware: 1.0 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	3.74% Terrible	Read 4.09 Write 7.36 Mixed 5.27 4% 5.57 MB/s	4K Read 3 4K Write 1.92 4K Mixed 1.93 375% 2.28 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 3.74% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 1x8GB 40,451 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that an XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	24.8% Poor	MC Read 8.7 MC Write 6.6 MC Mixed 6.3 21% 7.2 GB/s	SC Read 8.8 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 8.3 25% 8.73 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 32%

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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%

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Workstation 6%

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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 $28Bench 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: 54% - Above average

Total price: $218

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16