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Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	144% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 05VH1D
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 21:42
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 110 2-Core 211 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 554 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Radeon R9 M390X 73 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 23.20.15017.3010 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Lighting 36.6 Reflection 34.7 Parallax 43.8 30% 38.3 fps	MRender 37.5 Gravity 32.2 Splatting 0.13 17% 23.3 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 29%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 289 288 293 292 295 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,042 Write 304 Mixed 340 SusWrite 291 108% 494 MB/s	4K Read 39.1 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 37.6 188% 76.4 MB/s	DQ Read 975 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 418 367% 568 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 122 123 123 124 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	74% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 27.6 SusWrite 123 74% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.6 120% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 22.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 23.2 65% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	627x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	123x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	120x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	481x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	94x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	210x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	234x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	75x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

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