Alienware m15

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 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 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 67.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	232% 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 (16%). 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	26.7 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 09:40
Run Duration	213 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (32^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	67.4% Good	Memory 86.7 1-Core 85.8 2-Core 206 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 260 8-Core 432 42% 346 Pts	64-Core 602 37% 602 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.4% 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. 30.0.100.9563 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.4 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 7.6 5% 28.6 fps	Gravity 7 Splatting 9.8 8% 8.4 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% 333GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 988 859 839 833 791 851 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,442 Write 2,025 Mixed 1,788 SusWrite 860 397% 1,779 MB/s	4K Read 53.3 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 64.9 219% 74 MB/s	DQ Read 424 DQ Write 178 DQ Mixed 421 280% 341 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 232% 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: 1905 1855 2103 1688 478 451 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	239% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 1,389 Mixed 1,658 SusWrite 1,413 347% 1,541 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 81.2 4K Mixed 58 187% 61.7 MB/s	DQ Read 608 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 52.7 184% 405 MB/s
Poor: 168% ↑ This bench: 239% Great: 332%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 801GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 119 124 119 118 126 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	43.6% Average	Read 40.9 Write 72.8 Mixed 55.9 SusWrite 110 52% 70 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.6% 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 below potential (22^nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.1% Very good	MC Read 25.2 MC Write 33.7 MC Mixed 23.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 18.2 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 77.1% Great: 89%

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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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Workstation 11%

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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