Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.67% 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 Drive143% 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
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 29 '19 at 02:13
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 76.6
2-Core 194
66% 117 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 538
57% 457 Pts
64-Core 544
34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.67% Terrible
Lighting 7.33
Reflection 40.2
Parallax 6.59
6% 18.1 fps
MRender 8.95
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 13.1
8% 9.35 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.67%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
158GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 294 290 292 291 289 289 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 998
Write 302
Mixed 314
SusWrite 291
104% 476 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 147
4K Mixed 39.6
191% 75.9 MB/s
DQ Read 982
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 416
367% 568 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 143%
Great: 147%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
104GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1149 473 385 385 387 399 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
223% Outstanding
Read 1,445
Write 1,199
Mixed 1,116
SusWrite 530
240% 1,073 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 166
4K Mixed 84.6
288% 104 MB/s
DQ Read 998
DQ Write 948
DQ Mixed 1,011
749% 986 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 223%
Great: 280%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79
333GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 78 78 77 79 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
33.5% Below average
Read 39.5
Write 58.8
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 76.9
42% 57.2 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.9
174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 33.5%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.1% Good
MC Read 25.1
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 21.3
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 21.1
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 68.1%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Alienware 15 R2

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