Alienware ASM201

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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

System	Alienware ASM201 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GWM1Y
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170929
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 28 '18 at 23:10
Run Duration	113 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700T 9,225 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 577 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 588 36% 588 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 182 Parallax 164 137% 171 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 164 Splatting 118 108% 133 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$100 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 161GB free Firmware: M0CR050 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 2 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 1 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 662 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 613 (AB) Unknown 100 100 1 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 51 40 257698758705 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 1 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 1 (F6) Unknown 100 100 3868665742 (F7) Unknown 100 100 121066545 (F8) Unknown 100 100 67616967 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4431 (D2) Unknown 100 100 4	72.3% Very good	Read 474 Write 333 Mixed 335 84% 381 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 55.7 4K Mixed 12.9 76% 29.6 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 181 DQ Mixed 56.3 92% 180 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 105%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 7,214 User benchmarks, average bench 184% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXB7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,347 Write 987 Mixed 1,336 342% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 49.6 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 36 183% 67.6 MB/s	DQ Read 241 DQ Write 369 DQ Mixed 33.2 102% 214 MB/s
Poor: 107% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 243%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905663-012.A00G 1x16GB 31 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 1 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	39.6% Below average	MC Read 13.6 MC Write 13.7 MC Mixed 11.7 37% 13 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 13.3 37% 13 GB/s	Latency 72.5 55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 45%

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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 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

System: Alienware ASM201

CPU
Core i7-6700TIntelBench 70%, 9,225 samples	194x
Core i5-6400TIntelBench 61%, 8,631 samples	74x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 960NvidiaBench 31%, 1,170 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	8x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	18x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	11x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	10x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	64x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 38%, 4,427 samples	40x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GBSamsungBench 38%, 8,819 samples	25x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16