Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.05% 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 Drive178% 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.
SystemAlienware m15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0DH3P0
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190417
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateMay 10 '19 at 15:53
Run Duration132 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-8950HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 123
2-Core 259
87% 157 Pts
4-Core 436
8-Core 772
73% 604 Pts
64-Core 933
58% 933 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 90%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6793
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.05% Terrible
Lighting 6.73
Reflection 133
Parallax 8.22
6% 49.2 fps
MRender 12.3
Gravity 7.2
Splatting 16
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.05%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 512GB
359GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 607 622 601 603 608 609 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
178% Outstanding
Read 1,493
Write 949
Mixed 1,244
SusWrite 608
240% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 56.1
187% 66.1 MB/s
DQ Read 239
DQ Write 801
DQ Mixed 172
232% 404 MB/s
Poor: 87%
This bench: 178%
Great: 194%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56
649GB free
Firmware: SDM3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 54 34 37 60 53 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
16.8% Very poor
Read 10.3
Write 47
Mixed 23.7
SusWrite 48.5
24% 32.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.1
4K Write 0.2
4K Mixed 0
8% 0.1 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 16.8%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (14th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.1% Good
MC Read 19.3
MC Write 26.8
MC Mixed 22.1
65% 22.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 23.9
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 66.1%
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

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