Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 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 84.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.4% 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 Drive	199% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0DH3P0
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190830
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '19 at 09:20
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

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 i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	84.9% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 117 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 416 8-Core 632 65% 524 Pts	64-Core 730 45% 730 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q) 7,789 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4120 Performing below potential (79^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.4% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 128 Parallax 115 101% 122 fps	MRender 140 Gravity 100 Splatting 91.4 88% 111 fps
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 96.4% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 353GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80006E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 590 598 602 603 604 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 1,516 Write 1,069 Mixed 1262 SusWrite 598 248% 1,111 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 59.9 201% 71.9 MB/s	DQ Read 938 DQ Write 821 DQ Mixed 386 424% 715 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 215%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 841GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 117 118 116 122 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 67 Write 118 Mixed 56.5 SusWrite 119 66% 90 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 214% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	85.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.8 MC Write 34.1 MC Mixed 25.6 86% 30.2 GB/s	SC Read 19.4 SC Write 35 SC Mixed 26.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	431x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	182x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	329x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	107x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	57x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	49x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	113x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	79x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16