Alienware 15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 59%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics82.7% 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 Drive51.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 03 '20 at 15:00
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 19%

 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
68.7% Good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 93.1
2-Core 151
65% 108 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 468
48% 385 Pts
64-Core 484
30% 484 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 68.7%
Great: 70%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980-Ti-$560
Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1531 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (80th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.7% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 111
Parallax 99
87% 105 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 96.8
Splatting 85.1
74% 91.6 fps
Poor: 70%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 87%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 256GB
32GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT25D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 183 133 169 170 162 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
51.2% Above average
Read 408
Write 41.5
Mixed 70.3
SusWrite 154
36% 169 MB/s
4K Read 12.7
4K Write 38.6
4K Mixed 14.4
58% 21.9 MB/s
DQ Read 302
DQ Write 48.4
DQ Mixed 46.3
67% 132 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 51.2%
Great: 85%
CT500MX500SSD4 500GB
466GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 423 435 439 366 279 287 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
104% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 445
Mixed 398
SusWrite 371
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 31.1
4K Write 80.3
4K Mixed 45.7
148% 52.4 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 341
DQ Mixed 293
239% 339 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 104%
Great: 123%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
214GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 82 85 83 85 85 MB/s
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
49.4% Average
Read 87.7
Write 79.7
Mixed 48.7
SusWrite 84
55% 75 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 49.4%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
54% Above average
MC Read 19.8
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 16.6
54% 18.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 17.4
SC Mixed 16.9
46% 16.2 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 54%
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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HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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