Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (6th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 94 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	4.15% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	3.5 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Oct 01 '20 at 20:03
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way below expectations (6^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 Q 740-$190 13,278 User benchmarks, average bench 54% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.75 GHz, turbo 1.85 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	36.8% Below average	Memory 63.1 1-Core 36.2 2-Core 50.9 35% 50.1 Pts	4-Core 65.4 8-Core 57.6 8% 61.5 Pts	64-Core 57.2 4% 57.2 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 36.8% Great: 62%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5850 1,228 User benchmarks, average bench 7% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1008 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	4.15% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 3.96 Parallax 4.56 4% 4.67 fps	MRender 3.81 Gravity 4 Splatting 4.83 4% 4.21 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 4.15% Great: 9%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HFS256G32MND-2200A 256GB 3,087 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20200L00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 180 189 193 196 194 193 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	38.3% Below average	Read 206 Write 195 Mixed 180 SusWrite 191 44% 193 MB/s	4K Read 9.3 4K Write 26.6 4K Mixed 11.7 43% 15.9 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 108 DQ Mixed 113 85% 115 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 85%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KF073F-ELD 80AD HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 6GB 29 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 1333, 1333 MHz 2048, 4096 MB Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	17.1% Very poor	MC Read 5.9 MC Write 4.3 MC Mixed 7.1 16% 5.77 GB/s	SC Read 2.8 SC Write 2.5 SC Mixed 4.7 10% 3.33 GB/s	Latency 119 34% 119 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 17.1% Great: 38%

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

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Typical M15x Builds (Compare 145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $32Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 53% - Above average

Total price: $222

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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