Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 71%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 87.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics78% 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 Drive91.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware m15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0N8F19
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190304
Uptime9.6 Days
Run DateMay 16 '19 at 13:03
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (65th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
Memory 92.3
1-Core 123
2-Core 246
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 440
8-Core 722
71% 581 Pts
64-Core 913
56% 913 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 87.1%
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 way above expectations (86th percentile)
78% Very good
Lighting 97.8
Reflection 99.8
Parallax 93.3
80% 97 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 80.2
Splatting 78.8
75% 93.6 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 78%
Great: 83%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB
55GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 163 299 209 302 291 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Read 618
Write 90.4
Mixed 169
SusWrite 230
60% 277 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 82.5
4K Mixed 30.3
130% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 455
DQ Write 139
DQ Mixed 115
132% 236 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 164%
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 431 313 310 295 313 305 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
160% Outstanding
Read 1,270
Write 504
Mixed 1,009
SusWrite 328
172% 778 MB/s
4K Read 40.6
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 56.3
187% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 601
DQ Write 772
DQ Mixed 642
497% 672 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 160%
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 (25th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
71.2% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 21.8
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 12.9
SC Write 24.2
SC Mixed 20.3
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 63.5
63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 71.2%
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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