Alienware m15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 13%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics7.26% 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 Drive151% 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.
SystemAlienware m15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m15 R2
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190719
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 18 '19 at 18:33
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 92.8
2-Core 173
68% 116 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 574
53% 441 Pts
64-Core 710
44% 710 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 093B) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7063
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.26% Terrible
Lighting 6.83
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 8.53
6% 8.95 fps
MRender 13.3
Gravity 7.4
Splatting 16.6
10% 12.4 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.26%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
PC SN520 NVMe WDC 256GB
83GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20200012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 430 407 406 410 412 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
151% Outstanding
Read 965
Write 992
Mixed 908
SusWrite 413
184% 820 MB/s
4K Read 34.3
4K Write 98.6
4K Mixed 51.4
170% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 844
DQ Write 681
DQ Mixed 712
547% 746 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 151%
Great: 184%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
77.7% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 22.9
80% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 76.1
52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m15 R2 Builds (Compare 319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m15 R2

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