Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics76.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive157% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware m15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N8F19
Memory8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190304
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateApr 19 '19 at 00:26
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 124
2-Core 248
87% 155 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 626
66% 531 Pts
64-Core 750
46% 750 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1749
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 99.2
Parallax 85.4
79% 93.8 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 78.9
Splatting 77.7
73% 91.6 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB
109GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 311 293 281 288 197 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
157% Outstanding
Read 1,264
Write 721
Mixed 1,034
SusWrite 283
184% 826 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 98.5
4K Mixed 56.1
187% 65.4 MB/s
DQ Read 602
DQ Write 766
DQ Mixed 540
448% 636 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 157%
Great: 164%
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 313 246 123 63 18 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1,192
Write 530
Mixed 1,035
SusWrite 196
164% 738 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 55.9
187% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 600
DQ Write 719
DQ Mixed 323
337% 547 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 147%
Great: 164%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.2% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21.1
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 28.6
SC Mixed 24
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m15 Builds (Compare 647 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m15

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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