Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 15%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 90.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics7.09% 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 Drive172% 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  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0900DH
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190605
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 19 '19 at 22:42
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.1% Outstanding
Memory 88.1
1-Core 125
2-Core 248
86% 154 Pts
4-Core 495
8-Core 771
78% 633 Pts
64-Core 928
57% 928 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 90.1%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 25.20.100.6793
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.09% Terrible
Lighting 7.23
Reflection 105
Parallax 7.22
6% 39.7 fps
MRender 11.7
Gravity 6.77
Splatting 14.7
9% 11.1 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.09%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SN500 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$37
401GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 201000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 859 703 744 743 746 734 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 930
Write 1,126
Mixed 961
SusWrite 755
213% 943 MB/s
4K Read 29.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 40.9
152% 58 MB/s
DQ Read 1,048
DQ Write 879
DQ Mixed 954
717% 960 MB/s
Poor: 133%
This bench: 172%
Great: 228%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (59th percentile)
78.3% Very good
MC Read 30.6
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 22.4
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 23.7
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 78.3%
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

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