Alienware 15

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 28%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics41% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive65.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (29%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15
Memory11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150617
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateMar 06 '22 at 11:58
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 29%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 100
2-Core 189
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 518
52% 421 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M
Dell(1028 0685) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1179
Performing below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
41% Average
Lighting 51
Reflection 56.4
Parallax 48.8
42% 52.1 fps
MRender 54.6
Gravity 49.6
Splatting 44.5
40% 49.6 fps
Poor: 29%
This bench: 41%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 256GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT25D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 202 243 227 218 175 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
65.6% Good
Read 412
Write 190
Mixed 155
SusWrite 214
54% 243 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 44.4
4K Mixed 19.6
79% 28 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 181
DQ Mixed 70.3
106% 206 MB/s
Poor: 42%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
914GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3J0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 127 127 128 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
73.5% Very good
Read 130
Write 98.5
Mixed 28.6
SusWrite 126
69% 95.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
119% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing below potential (38th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
52.3% Above average
MC Read 19.1
MC Write 17.8
MC Mixed 16.3
51% 17.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.6
SC Write 19.2
SC Mixed 19.4
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 77.2
52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 52.3%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware 15

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