Alienware 15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 45%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics71.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive92.5% 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 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15
Memory12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 19 '20 at 22:35
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 (93rd percentile)
69.8% Good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 105
2-Core 206
75% 131 Pts
4-Core 309
8-Core 515
50% 412 Pts
64-Core 509
32% 509 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1660-$143
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2000 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
71.7% Very good
Lighting 94.9
Reflection 83.2
Parallax 73.8
77% 83.9 fps
MRender 70.8
Gravity 77.6
Splatting 73.5
61% 74 fps
Poor: 62%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 73%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB
67GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 152 163 157 159 155 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
92.5% Outstanding
Read 464
Write 385
Mixed 367
SusWrite 187
78% 351 MB/s
4K Read 34
4K Write 76.5
4K Mixed 44.7
149% 51.7 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 354
267% 358 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 92.5%
Great: 122%
Liteonit L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: H87110C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 307 307 310 311 296 309 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
80% Excellent
Read 440
Write 305
Mixed 248
SusWrite 307
73% 325 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 26
96% 33 MB/s
DQ Read 338
DQ Write 297
DQ Mixed 202
183% 279 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 80%
Great: 90%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
915GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 121 118 118 119 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
64.5% Good
Read 107
Write 121
Mixed 31.8
SusWrite 118
68% 94.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
55.9% Above average
MC Read 20.4
MC Write 20.6
MC Mixed 17
55% 19.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 18.7
SC Mixed 19.4
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 76
53% 76 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 55.9%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15

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