Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.7% 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 Drive	231% 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.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 06D1WD
Memory	22.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '20 at 10:30
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing as expected (56^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 83.5 2-Core 168 65% 111 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 512 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 516 32% 516 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 107 Parallax 91.9 79% 98.5 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 93.9 Splatting 98.1 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320 38,669 User benchmarks, average bench 327% 497GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1370 399 463 496 515 495 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	231% Outstanding	Read 2,377 Write 2,082 Mixed 1,317 SusWrite 623 356% 1,600 MB/s	4K Read 48 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 65.4 218% 76.5 MB/s	DQ Read 808 DQ Write 526 DQ Mixed 610 470% 648 MB/s
Poor: 215% ↑ This bench: 231% Great: 425%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 224GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 6,263 Write 4,817 Mixed 5,162 1,204% 5,414 MB/s	4K Read 412 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 209 978% 261 MB/s	DQ Read 1,091 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 718 554% 773 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 2x16GB 1,506 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 23.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.3 SC Write 26.7 SC Mixed 20.4 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 76%

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Desktop 58%

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	632x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	123x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	120x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	485x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	235x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16