Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 17% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (17th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 83 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 11.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	3.99% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	6GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 6GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (38%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	2.9 GB free of 6 GB @ 1.3 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Jan 04 '18 at 03:11
Run Duration	110 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5 M 540 8,329 User benchmarks, average bench 41% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.55 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	11.2% Very poor	Memory 14.4 1-Core 23.8 2-Core 39.9 15% 26 Pts	4-Core 44.6 8-Core 59.4 7% 52 Pts	64-Core 61.8 4% 61.8 Pts
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 11.2% Great: 48%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD Mobility Radeon HD 5730 2,535 User benchmarks, average bench 4% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Driver: aticfx64.dll Ver. 15.201.1151.1010 Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	3.99% Terrible	Lighting 5.03 Reflection 5.81 Parallax 4.12 4% 4.99 fps	MRender 4.76 Gravity 3.5 Splatting 5.26 4% 4.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.99% Great: 5%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kingston SSDNow V300 480GB-$250 15,510 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 603ABBF0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 95 95 17173667 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 -84507776515989 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 16 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 0 0 4 (B1) Unknown 0 0 1 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BD) vendor-specific 45 57 68723212333 (C2) HDA temperature 45 57 68723212333 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 120 120 17173667 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 120 120 17173667 (CC) Soft ECC correction 120 120 17173667 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 100 (E7) Temperature 100 100 38654705664 (E9) Unknown 0 0 447 (EA) Unknown 0 0 355 (F1) Unknown 0 0 355 (F2) Unknown 0 0 234 (F4) Unknown 99 99 4915237	33% Below average	Read 233 Write 166 Mixed 188 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 13.6 4K Write 9.36 4K Mixed 10.5 39% 11.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.8 DQ Write 27.7 DQ Mixed 7.51 13% 26 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471B5273DH0-CH9 830B NT2GC64B8HC0NS-BE 6GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 1333, 1067 MHz 4096, 2048 MB Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	10.6% Very poor	MC Read 3.1 MC Write 3.7 MC Mixed 4.6 11% 3.8 GB/s	SC Read 2.7 SC Write 2.1 SC Mixed 3.1 8% 2.63 GB/s	Latency 365 11% 365 ns
Poor: 7% ↑ This bench: 10.6% Great: 24%

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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 53%

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Workstation 6%

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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 $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 $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16