Alienware m15

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	211% 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.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

21 months ago, 21 months ago.

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0N8F19
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220707
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 08 '22 at 20:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 89.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 194 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 528 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 609 38% 609 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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. 27.20.100.9664 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.6 Reflection 30 Parallax 7.7 5% 14.8 fps	Gravity 6 Splatting 9.5 7% 7.75 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme 800P SSDPEK1W120 118GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 40GB free (System drive) Firmware: K411D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 450 505 477 487 476 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	211% Outstanding	Read 1092 Write 520 Mixed 740 SusWrite 474 157% 706 MB/s	4K Read 112 4K Write 95.1 4K Mixed 103 352% 103 MB/s	DQ Read 788 DQ Write 525 DQ Mixed 580 453% 631 MB/s
Poor: 122% ↑ This bench: 211% Great: 253%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$65 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 687GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 114 121 126 128 128 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 88.8 Write 24.8 Mixed 54.8 SusWrite 122 53% 72.5 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 239% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 27.1 SC Mixed 19.1 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 68 59% 68 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 84%

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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	439x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	186x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	30x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	335x
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 $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	51x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $33Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	23x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	115x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	83x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	52x

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Value: 28% - Poor

Total price: $50

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $50

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	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