Alienware m15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 30%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics34.9% 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 Drive147% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware m15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m15 R2
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191018
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 25 '20 at 03:53
Run Duration191 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
70.1% Very good
Memory 83.9
1-Core 74.9
2-Core 152
62% 104 Pts
4-Core 304
8-Core 553
51% 428 Pts
64-Core 798
49% 798 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 093B) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
34.9% Below average
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 134
Parallax 130
6% 90.5 fps
MRender 142
Gravity 107
Splatting 96.4
92% 115 fps
Poor: 73%
This bench: 34.9%
Great: 102%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
199GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 513 487 474 459 454 449 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 1,274
Write 560
Mixed 584
SusWrite 473
160% 723 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 95.3
4K Mixed 42.7
149% 55.6 MB/s
DQ Read 505
DQ Write 422
DQ Mixed 460
345% 462 MB/s
Poor: 102%
This bench: 147%
Great: 223%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
485GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1994 2010 1274 1142 1155 1149 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
265% Outstanding
Read 2,217
Write 2025
Mixed 1,578
SusWrite 1,454
408% 1,818 MB/s
4K Read 50.8
4K Write 97
4K Mixed 63.7
210% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 532
DQ Write 480
DQ Mixed 508
381% 507 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 265%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
60.6% Good
MC Read 25.1
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 18.3
60% 21.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.4
SC Write 24.6
SC Mixed 18.8
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 73.7
54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 60.6%
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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