Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.77% 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 Drive83.4% 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime1.7 Days
Run DateSep 17 '19 at 10:57
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 85.4
1-Core 103
2-Core 191
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 546
58% 460 Pts
64-Core 540
33% 540 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6891
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.77% Terrible
Lighting 6.9
Reflection 39.2
Parallax 7.06
6% 17.7 fps
MRender 10.9
Gravity 6.47
Splatting 14.3
9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.77%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD9SN8W-128G-1006 128GB
56GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X6103006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 109 107 109 109 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
83.4% Excellent
Read 471
Write 417
Mixed 307
SusWrite 120
73% 329 MB/s
4K Read 31.7
4K Write 82.1
4K Mixed 39.7
142% 51.2 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 292
DQ Mixed 247
199% 280 MB/s
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.4%
Great: 90%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
730GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 126 128 128 126 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 129
Write 108
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 126
70% 97 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
73.5% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 22.6
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 23.1
64% 22.2 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.5%
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
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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