Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 41% Speed boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 42.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.03% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20170728
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 15 '21 at 09:57
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 0.65 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	42.1% Average	Memory 75.2 1-Core 28.6 2-Core 33.6 35% 45.8 Pts	4-Core 51.6 8-Core 123 10% 87.5 Pts	64-Core 121 8% 121 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 42.1% 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 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.03% Terrible	Lighting 2.9 Reflection 43 Parallax 1.8 2% 15.9 fps	MRender 2.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.5 1% 1.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.03% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 199GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 384 363 307 364 374 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 450 Write 365 Mixed 273 SusWrite 362 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 34.2 4K Mixed 22 83% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 153 DQ Mixed 146 118% 168 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 94%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$56 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 931GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 107 106 104 107 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	60.4% Good	Read 104 Write 101 Mixed 34.3 SusWrite 106 63% 86.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 1x8GB 14,954 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	19.2% Very poor	MC Read 6.6 MC Write 5.8 MC Mixed 4.7 16% 5.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.3 SC Write 9.1 SC Mixed 4.8 18% 6.4 GB/s	Latency 89.9 44% 89.9 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 19.2% Great: 32%

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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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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16