Alienware m15

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	218% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WM1N
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200528
Uptime	4 Days
Run Date	Jul 15 '20 at 02:37
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing as expected (58^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 122 2-Core 215 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 619 63% 510 Pts	64-Core 789 49% 789 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q) 7,789 User benchmarks, average bench 90% Dell(1028 08A1) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.5148 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 124 Reflection 134 Parallax 121 102% 126 fps	Gravity 106 Splatting 96.2 89% 101 fps
Poor: 73% Great: 102%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 7,642 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 129GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1350 765 781 783 789 712 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	218% Outstanding	Read 1,841 Write 2,000 Mixed 1,443 SusWrite 863 345% 1,537 MB/s	4K Read 42.4 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 57.6 191% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 735 549% 730 MB/s
Poor: 124% ↑ This bench: 218% Great: 267%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 918GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.7 8.8 8.8 8.7 8.2 8.6 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	Read 139 Write 8.7 Mixed 15 SusWrite 8.6 31% 42.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 0.2 4K Mixed 0.4 111% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.9% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 24.3 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	431x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	183x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	329x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	107x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	57x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	49x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	114x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	79x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

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