Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 53.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.3% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	26.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20110105
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 13 '22 at 19:57
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	IRN-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 Q 720-$220 13,149 User benchmarks, average bench 51% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 1.6 GHz, turbo 1.7 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Memory 81.4 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 78.5 46% 67.6 Pts	4-Core 141 8-Core 210 22% 175 Pts	64-Core 208 13% 208 Pts
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 60%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,120 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Ram: 1GB, Driver: 342.01 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.3% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 9.4 Parallax 2.6 6% 6.4 fps	MRender 6.8 Gravity 5.8 Splatting 3.5 4% 5.37 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.3% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingmax 64GB 64GB 32GB free (System drive) Firmware: N0911 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 44 43 44 44 43 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	26.3% Poor	Read 101 Write 52.9 Mixed 76.8 SusWrite 43.3 15% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 21.5 4K Mixed 16.8 54% 17.4 MB/s	DQ Read 67.6 DQ Write 53.6 DQ Mixed 37.9 34% 53 MB/s

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMT351S6EFR8C-PB 80AD HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 8GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1600, 1333 MHz 4096, 4096 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	38.8% Below average	MC Read 16.1 MC Write 11.6 MC Mixed 13.2 39% 13.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.1 SC Write 8 SC Mixed 9.6 25% 8.9 GB/s	Latency 78 51% 78 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 38.8% Great: 38%

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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%

Tree trunk

Desktop 53%

Yacht

Workstation 6%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $26Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $216

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $75
Intel Core i5-13600K $249	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $369