Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics133% 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 Drive59.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190530
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateMar 16 '21 at 17:39
Run Duration196 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 84.9
1-Core 96.1
2-Core 162
68% 114 Pts
4-Core 302
8-Core 539
51% 420 Pts
64-Core 517
32% 517 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 184
Reflection 194
Parallax 186
150% 188 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 192
Splatting 130
124% 154 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT22B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 197 233 195 132 263 285 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
59.7% Above average
Read 416
Write 114
Mixed 154
SusWrite 218
50% 225 MB/s
4K Read 18.9
4K Write 37
4K Mixed 21.7
76% 25.9 MB/s
DQ Read 247
DQ Write 36.3
DQ Mixed 54.7
62% 113 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 59.7%
Great: 133%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB
296GB free
Firmware: RVT22B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 337 411 424 423 422 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 476
Write 421
Mixed 413
SusWrite 387
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 37
4K Write 86.9
4K Mixed 52.3
169% 58.7 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 326
246% 330 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 110%
Great: 133%
PNY CS1311 240GB-$78
207GB free
Firmware: CS131122
SusWrite @10s intervals: 172 187 150 167 172 174 MB/s
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
65.2% Good
Read 240
Write 207
Mixed 228
SusWrite 170
48% 211 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 32.6
120% 42.1 MB/s
DQ Read 197
DQ Write 180
DQ Mixed 139
118% 172 MB/s
Poor: 52%
This bench: 65.2%
Great: 97%
Blackbox Plus 5TB
2TB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 113 114 114 114 110 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
58% Above average
Read 89.3
Write 106
Mixed 73
SusWrite 112
70% 94.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 0.6
162% 1.63 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 58%
Great: 58%
WD My Book 25EE 8TB
4.5TB free, PID 25ee
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 157 165 167 162 160 162 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
72.6% Very good
Read 151
Write 140
Mixed 114
SusWrite 162
192% 142 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 4.9
4K Mixed 1.1
211% 2.6 MB/s
Poor: 20%
This bench: 72.6%
Great: 98%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
72.9% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.4
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 22
59% 20.5 GB/s
Latency 72
56% 72 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 876 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175Nvidia RTX 4070 $550Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52
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