Alienware m15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 14%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 14%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.87% 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 Drive229% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware m15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m15 R2
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190719
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 13 '19 at 04:01
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
75.2% Very good
Memory 82.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 242
80% 145 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 626
60% 495 Pts
64-Core 719
44% 719 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.2%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 093B) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7063
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.87% Terrible
Lighting 6.67
Reflection 1.69
Parallax 8.38
5% 5.58 fps
MRender 10.7
Gravity 7.07
Splatting 16
10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.87%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme KXG60ZNV512G NVM 512GB
424GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1580 723 790 793 787 795 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,717
Write 1766
Mixed 1355
SusWrite 912
323% 1,437 MB/s
4K Read 42.2
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 60.8
196% 68.1 MB/s
DQ Read 1,024
DQ Write 952
DQ Mixed 937
717% 971 MB/s
Poor: 132%
This bench: 229%
Great: 254%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 32GB
26GB free, PID a813
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9 9.6 10 10 9.2 8.6 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
6.15% Terrible
Read 21
Write 9.5
Mixed 6.7
SusWrite 9.5
14% 11.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 0
16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 5%
This bench: 6.15%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
78.8% Very good
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 22.1
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 19
SC Write 33.4
SC Mixed 25.6
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m15 R2 Builds (Compare 319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m15 R2

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