Alienware 15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics77.5% 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 Drive65.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 14 '20 at 17:24
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU2%
Watch Gameplay: 1070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 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 i7-4720HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 82.3
1-Core 104
2-Core 202
74% 129 Pts
4-Core 394
8-Core 511
58% 453 Pts
64-Core 507
31% 507 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 76.9%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Zotac(19DA 1445) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3200
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
77.5% Very good
Lighting 100
Reflection 96.7
Parallax 80.4
82% 92.4 fps
MRender 85.3
Gravity 81.6
Splatting 86.7
69% 84.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 128GB
47GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT25D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 115 131 118 120 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 454
Write 136
Mixed 153
SusWrite 120
47% 216 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 58.4
4K Mixed 21.5
98% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 121
DQ Mixed 63.1
93% 182 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 74%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
328GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 100 99 99 100 101 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 132
Write 127
Mixed 26
SusWrite 99.8
70% 96.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
55% Above average
MC Read 20.2
MC Write 20.5
MC Mixed 16.1
54% 18.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 18.5
SC Mixed 18.4
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 76.5
52% 76.5 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 55%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15

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