Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 11%
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 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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.05% 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 Drive153% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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 0X70NC
Memory26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime13.1 Days
Run DateSep 29 '19 at 20:21
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 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 i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
79.4% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 120
2-Core 218
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 408
8-Core 632
64% 520 Pts
64-Core 616
38% 616 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 82%
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 (100th percentile)
6.05% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 51
Parallax 6.5
5% 21.2 fps
MRender 9.05
Gravity 5.73
Splatting 13.1
8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.05%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
153GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 239 257 205 219 224 219 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
153% Outstanding
Read 1,136
Write 764
Mixed 450
SusWrite 227
142% 644 MB/s
4K Read 43.7
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 62.1
216% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 839
DQ Write 372
DQ Mixed 393
348% 535 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 153%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
57GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 75 76 76 76 76 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
53.8% Above average
Read 111
Write 107
Mixed 25.1
SusWrite 75.8
58% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 53.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.2% Good
MC Read 24.8
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 20.8
67% 23.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.9
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 21.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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