Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 74%
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 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.75% 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 Drive144% 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 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime1 Days
Run DateSep 20 '19 at 22:26
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User GRC-User
Background CPU0%

 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 86.6
1-Core 108
2-Core 201
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 380
8-Core 550
58% 465 Pts
64-Core 549
34% 549 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6859
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.75% Terrible
Lighting 5.63
Reflection 40.2
Parallax 5.94
5% 17.3 fps
MRender 10.2
Gravity 6.1
Splatting 12.1
8% 9.47 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.75%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 288 285 289 284 284 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,002
Write 297
Mixed 320
SusWrite 286
104% 477 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 154
4K Mixed 39.1
195% 78.5 MB/s
DQ Read 984
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 414
366% 568 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 144%
Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
288GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 101 101 99 101 101 102 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
67.3% Good
Read 134
Write 135
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 101
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.7
137% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 67.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
75.4% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.8
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 70.8
56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 75.4%
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%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Alienware 15 R2

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