Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	15.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	36% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 10 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	6.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 7
BIOS Date	20110105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 19 '16 at 15:10
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 920-$90 998 User benchmarks, average bench 57% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2 GHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	69.2% Good	Memory 95.2 1-Core 98.1 2-Core 166 73% 120 Pts	4-Core 243 8-Core 306 35% 274 Pts	64-Core 311 19% 311 Pts
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD HD 6970M 1,595 User benchmarks, average bench 11% Dell(1028 048F) 2GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.301.1901.0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	15.8% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 14.6 Parallax 18.3 17% 18 fps	MRender 12.7 Gravity 14.5 Splatting 18.9 13% 15.4 fps
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 15.8% Great: 13%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Ocz-vert EX2 240GB 57 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.33 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing below expectations (27^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 106 100 13445845 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -107906758339179 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2056 (AB) Unknown 0 0 0 (AC) Unknown 0 0 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 81 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 0 0 0 (B6) Unknown 0 0 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 30 30 128850984990 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 106 100 13445845 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 0 (E9) Unknown 0 0 23552 (EA) Unknown 0 0 11648 (F1) Unknown 0 0 11648 (F2) Unknown 0 0 12160	36% Below average	Read 199 Write 108 Mixed 110 31% 139 MB/s	4K Read 16.2 4K Write 28.1 4K Mixed 12.1 55% 18.8 MB/s	DQ Read 129 DQ Write 95.2 DQ Mixed 36.8 48% 87 MB/s
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 36% Great: 52%
Toshiba MQ01ABD075 750GB-$40 42,694 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 699GB free Firmware: AX0A Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 100 100 1716 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 39 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 157 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 197569609759 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DC) Disk shift 100 100 0 (DE) Loaded hours 100 100 6 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (E0) Load friction 100 100 0 (E2) Load-in time 100 100 263 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0	60.5% Good	Read 105 Write 106 Mixed 99.9 78% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.2 66% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 57%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273CH0-CH9 80AD HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 8GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 1333, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	44.2% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 13.1 41% 14.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 13 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 56.7 71% 56.7 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 49%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $216

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16