Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 59% Gunboat


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 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	71.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	95.6% 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.
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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CNR45
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190605
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 00:28
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%

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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 127 2-Core 243 86% 153 Pts	4-Core 455 8-Core 715 72% 585 Pts	64-Core 870 54% 870 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel UHD Graphics 630 506,702 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6793 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.91% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 95.7 Parallax 7.09 6% 36.6 fps	MRender 11.4 Gravity 6.57 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.91% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile Max-Q) 9,069 User benchmarks, average bench 61% Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1544 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	Lighting 87.7 Reflection 102 Parallax 88.7 72% 92.8 fps	MRender 87.7 Gravity 85.5 Splatting 85.7 71% 86.3 fps
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 69%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 286 258 234 185 180 176 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	95.6% Outstanding	Read 490 Write 338 Mixed 398 SusWrite 220 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 31.8 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 40.8 154% 57.7 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 334 DQ Mixed 295 236% 330 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 95.6% Great: 193%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 549GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 119 125 125 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 124 Write 11.2 Mixed 64.7 SusWrite 124 60% 81.1 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 4.1 4K Mixed 2.8 608% 4.07 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 71.9% 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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.7 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 27.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 84%

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

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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	431x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	183x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	329x
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 $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	49x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	114x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	79x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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