Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 5% Tree trunk	Desktop 30% Sail boat	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	0.59% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.7% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '21 at 08:45
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	11%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Memory 48.6 1-Core 24 2-Core 41.4 26% 38 Pts	4-Core 78.5 8-Core 121 12% 99.7 Pts	64-Core 117 7% 117 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0685) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.59% Terrible	Lighting 0.6 Reflection 56.1 Parallax 1.3 0% 19.3 fps	MRender 1.6 Gravity 0.4 Splatting 0.9 1% 0.97 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.59% Great: 3%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 329GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 286 400 406 393 385 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	73.7% Very good	Read 435 Write 418 Mixed 364 SusWrite 380 90% 399 MB/s	4K Read 22.7 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 26.3 86% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 150 DQ Write 124 DQ Mixed 136 102% 137 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 131%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.C16 Kingston KN2M64-ETB 16GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	39.7% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 17.2 MC Mixed 14.8 44% 15.6 GB/s	SC Read 5.7 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 7.5 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 166 24% 166 ns
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 39.7% Great: 54%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	41	38	21	60	15.6"	1536 864	SHP1430

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	149x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	67x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	257x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	98x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	47x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	47x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	44x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	21x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	93x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	41x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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