Alienware m15

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.27% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	163% 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	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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0WCNK6
Memory	10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200528
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 23 '20 at 21:31
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 123 2-Core 240 83% 149 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 579 60% 484 Pts	64-Core 693 43% 693 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.8141 Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	6.27% Terrible	Lighting 6.53 Reflection 70.7 Parallax 7.06 5% 28.1 fps	MRender 9.95 Gravity 5.97 Splatting 12.7 8% 9.55 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 6.27% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme KBG40ZNS128G NVM 128GB 193 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 63GB free (System drive) Firmware: 10410101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 499 678 558 197 215 214 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	163% Outstanding	Read 1,366 Write 796 Mixed 846 SusWrite 393 189% 851 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 53.3 179% 61.5 MB/s	DQ Read 830 DQ Write 473 DQ Mixed 466 397% 590 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 163% Great: 187%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 154GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 32 68 71 70 71 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	31% Below average	Read 48.9 Write 58.5 Mixed 53.8 SusWrite 58.5 41% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 155% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 31% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43DB1-CTD 2x8GB 43,895 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.2% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 17.8 59% 20.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.2 SC Mixed 20.4 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 85%

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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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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	434x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	183x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	330x
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	50x
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	81x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16