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 (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	251% 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 (14%). 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 m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0WCNK6
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210421
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 06 '21 at 09:29
Run Duration	208 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 122 2-Core 238 84% 149 Pts	4-Core 425 8-Core 646 66% 535 Pts	64-Core 729 45% 729 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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. 30.0.100.9563 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.6 Reflection 72.2 Parallax 7.9 5% 28.9 fps	Gravity 1 Splatting 1 1% 1 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 335GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1050 856 854 853 845 844 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	251% Outstanding	Read 2,523 Write 2,201 Mixed 1,809 SusWrite 884 414% 1,854 MB/s	4K Read 54.2 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 71.6 230% 77.5 MB/s	DQ Read 503 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 356 320% 480 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 251% Great: 340%
Crucial P5 3D NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$69 17,082 User benchmarks, average bench 256% 258GB free Firmware: P4CR311 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2049 2062 999 470 471 470 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 1,654 Write 2072 Mixed 1,684 SusWrite 1,087 366% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 60 197% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 470 DQ Write 650 DQ Mixed 454 373% 524 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 332%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 801GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 53 53 56 57 104 126 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	32.5% Below average	Read 37.8 Write 77.4 Mixed 57.3 SusWrite 74.9 46% 61.8 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 223% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8266.C16FE 2x16GB 892 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	86.5% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.5 88% 30.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.9 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 26.8 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.5% Great: 89%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	439x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	185x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	334x
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 $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	51x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	23x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	115x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	83x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $50

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16