Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 103%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 87%
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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics144% 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 Drive115% 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.
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.
Run History
3 years ago, 2 years ago.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 06D1WD
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 02 '21 at 20:19
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
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 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 106
2-Core 192
73% 126 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 539
54% 437 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
144% Outstanding
Lighting 175
Reflection 272
Parallax 180
143% 209 fps
MRender 271
Gravity 227
Splatting 171
177% 223 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 144%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
57GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 108 108 101 107 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 936
Write 119
Mixed 217
SusWrite 106
74% 345 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 30.9
156% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 927
DQ Write 166
DQ Mixed 280
274% 458 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 115%
Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
610GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 125 126 124 126 126 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 99.1
Write 105
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 125
64% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ BK 1TB
2GB free, PID a013
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 55 55 59 58 54 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
24.9% Poor
Read 54.4
Write 23.7
Mixed 23.1
SusWrite 56.3
50% 39.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
73% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 24.9%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
73.8% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.2
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 16.7
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 21.8
64% 22.3 GB/s
Latency 79.9
50% 79.9 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.8%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
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System: Alienware 15 R2

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