Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 85.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive176% 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
Memory11.1 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 22:49
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
85.3% Excellent
Memory 85.6
1-Core 127
2-Core 249
85% 154 Pts
4-Core 457
8-Core 727
73% 592 Pts
64-Core 919
57% 919 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 85.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2060 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3630
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 105
Parallax 96.8
87% 103 fps
MRender 121
Gravity 85
Splatting 74.7
74% 93.5 fps
Poor: 49%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 83%
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: 892 772 747 734 736 746 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
176% Outstanding
Read 925
Write 1,014
Mixed 1,074
SusWrite 771
214% 946 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 104
4K Mixed 46.8
158% 59.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,038
DQ Write 886
DQ Mixed 960
720% 962 MB/s
Poor: 133%
This bench: 176%
Great: 228%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6D1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 22.7
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.5
SC Write 31.9
SC Mixed 26.8
74% 25.7 GB/s
Latency 71.5
56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 80.2%
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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