Alienware m15

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (30th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 70 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 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Boot Drive	96% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Run History

23 months ago, 23 months ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0WCNK6
Memory	7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220111
Uptime	14.4 Days
Run Date	May 21 '22 at 04:12
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 75.1 2-Core 151 62% 104 Pts	4-Core 273 8-Core 429 43% 351 Pts	64-Core 567 35% 567 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 30.0.101.1221 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 7.3 Reflection 71.7 Parallax 7.6 6% 28.9 fps	Gravity 0 Splatting 0.1 0% 0.05 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Rocket NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$45 23,539 User benchmarks, average bench 187% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.3 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 526 284 452 406 352 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Read 200 Write 938 Mixed 385 SusWrite 394 110% 479 MB/s	4K Read 23.7 4K Write 83.7 4K Mixed 40.5 132% 49.3 MB/s	DQ Read 587 DQ Write 433 DQ Mixed 338 299% 453 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 277%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 201GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 100 119 109 80 99 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	43.3% Average	Read 48.4 Write 113 Mixed 57.1 SusWrite 102 59% 80.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.3 233% 1.37 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 43.3% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 859B0000802C CT8G4SFS8266.M8FE 16GB 84 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	73.7% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22.4 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 25.9 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 73.7% Great: 85%

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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 12%

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Desktop 68%

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Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	433x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	183x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	329x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	107x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	57x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	50x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
PC401 SK hy 512GBNvmeBench 145%, 2,079 samples	22x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	114x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	81x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16