Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.02% 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	250% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N8F19
Memory	7.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190417
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 15 '19 at 04:51
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Memory 88.3 1-Core 122 2-Core 246 85% 152 Pts	4-Core 462 8-Core 738 74% 600 Pts	64-Core 897 56% 897 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6793 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.02% Terrible	Lighting 7.13 Reflection 99.8 Parallax 7.53 6% 38.2 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.77 Splatting 15 9% 11 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 800P SSDPEK1W120 118GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: K411D01N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 562 549 552 556 513 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	250% Outstanding	Read 1,210 Write 557 Mixed 736 SusWrite 530 168% 758 MB/s	4K Read 158 4K Write 96.2 4K Mixed 112 433% 122 MB/s	DQ Read 1,136 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 766 589% 817 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 253%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 931GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 129 131 130 133 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 106 Write 63.7 Mixed 102 SusWrite 130 75% 100 MB/s	4K Read 2.6 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 5 740% 3.9 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22.3 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24.1 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

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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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Gaming 12%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	439x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	186x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	335x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	107x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	57x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	51x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	23x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	115x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	83x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $50

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16