Alienware m15 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	90.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	162% 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.

High background CPU (23%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware m15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware m15 R2
Memory	2.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210608
Uptime	3.7 Days
Run Date	Sep 16 '21 at 12:06
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	23%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-9880H 11,095 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 90.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 209 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 404 8-Core 560 61% 482 Pts	64-Core 894 55% 894 Pts
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q) 10,818 User benchmarks, average bench 79% Dell(1028 093B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.14.7196 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	90.3% Outstanding	Lighting 110 Reflection 107 Parallax 109 90% 109 fps	MRender 146 Gravity 103 Splatting 94.8 91% 115 fps
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 90.3% Great: 94%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Micron 2200S NVMe 512GB 5,553 User benchmarks, average bench 167% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 22001070 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1091 948 551 430 435 341 MB/s Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,384 Write 909 Mixed 1,070 SusWrite 633 223% 999 MB/s	4K Read 36 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 43.1 141% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 484 DQ Mixed 520 394% 530 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 215%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB 1,657 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 603GB free, PID 3008 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 33 33 33 33 32 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	14.3% Very poor	Read 29.7 Write 31.1 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 32.6 40% 29 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 57% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 14.3% Great: 20%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GB 6,382 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.7% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 24.1 MC Mixed 20.1 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 17.8 SC Mixed 18.3 46% 16.1 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 60: 8R 5G 5B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
60%	19%	93	201	115	144	15.5"	1920 1080	AUO80ED

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Gaming 13%

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Desktop 73%

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Workstation 12%

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System: Alienware m15 R2

CPU
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	270x
Core i9-9980HKIntelBench 82%, 8,965 samples	29x
Core i9-9880HIntelBench 79%, 11,095 samples	11x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	185x
RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 79%, 10,818 samples	52x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	47x

SSD
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 242%, 17,176 samples	38x
2200S NVMe 512GBMicronBench 167%, 5,553 samples	24x
2200S NVMe 1024GBMicronBench 167%, 2,577 samples	20x

RAM
HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GBHynixBench 76%, 6,382 samples	182x
4ATS1G64HZ-2G6E1 2x8GBMicronBench 75%, 6,362 samples	123x
HMA851S6CJR6N-VK 2x4GBHynixBench 61%, 15,613 samples	5x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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