Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 65% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	110% 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.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). 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.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 28 '20 at 20:18
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	PHL-User
Background CPU	17%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 76 1-Core 106 2-Core 206 73% 129 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 558 55% 452 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Asus(1043 85AA) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 147 Parallax 140 113% 142 fps	MRender 113 Gravity 134 Splatting 108 96% 118 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 121GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 446 452 467 466 466 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 488 Write 462 Mixed 373 SusWrite 437 99% 440 MB/s	4K Read 35.3 4K Write 84.2 4K Mixed 46.8 158% 55.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 267 213% 300 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 131%
WDC WDS240G2G0B-00EPW0 240GB 85,321 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 59GB free Firmware: UJ450000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 269 76 109 137 128 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	49.8% Average	Read 433 Write 206 Mixed 263 SusWrite 140 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 17.6 4K Write 33.6 4K Mixed 17.2 66% 22.8 MB/s	DQ Read 89.2 DQ Write 72.4 DQ Mixed 40.1 41% 67.2 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 49.8% Great: 55%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 356GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 71 71 71 71 70 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	41% Average	Read 72.1 Write 62.6 Mixed 47.7 SusWrite 70.6 47% 63.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1 169% 1.17 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 41% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F3 DDR3 1866 C10 2x8GB 318 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	64.6% Good	MC Read 22.9 MC Write 25.1 MC Mixed 21.5 66% 23.2 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 20.8 54% 19 GB/s	Latency 88.2 45% 88.2 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 83%

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

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System: Alienware 15

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	148x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	66x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	256x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	98x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	47x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	47x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	44x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	93x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	40x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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