Alienware m15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 131%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 117%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics151% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive93.7% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 m15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0CNR45
Memory11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191025
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 18 '20 at 20:31
Run Duration159 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
86.4% Excellent
Memory 93.9
1-Core 128
2-Core 255
89% 159 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 704
69% 565 Pts
64-Core 876
54% 876 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 86.4%
Great: 86%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.96% Terrible
Lighting 7.2
Reflection 10.4
Parallax 7.44
6% 8.35 fps
MRender 11.9
Gravity 6.33
Splatting 14
9% 10.7 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 6.96%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB; NVIDIA GEFORCE RTX 2080Ti FOUNDERS EDITION
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.0
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
151% Outstanding
Lighting 201
Reflection 208
Parallax 205
164% 205 fps
MRender 266
Gravity 218
Splatting 141
163% 208 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 151%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
85GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 150 173 176 205 243 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
93.7% Outstanding
Read 754
Write 90.8
Mixed 137
SusWrite 178
63% 290 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 77.8
4K Mixed 40.6
139% 49.5 MB/s
DQ Read 357
DQ Write 66.6
DQ Mixed 117
110% 180 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 93.7%
Great: 193%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
152GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1931 825 592 590 592 592 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
287% Outstanding
Read 2,319
Write 1,386
Mixed 759
SusWrite 854
294% 1,330 MB/s
4K Read 68.2
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 86.3
291% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,236
DQ Write 1,102
DQ Mixed 1147
866% 1,162 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 287%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 23.4
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 26.5
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 60
67% 60 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 82.3%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware m15

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