Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.62% 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 Drive38.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0PRRP7
Memory12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 14 '18 at 22:04
Run Duration155 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
71.2% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 94.7
2-Core 189
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 514
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 523
32% 523 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4590
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.62% Terrible
Lighting 5.97
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 5.66
5% 7.72 fps
MRender 7.67
Gravity 5.23
Splatting 11.8
7% 8.24 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.62%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
187GB free
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (11th percentile)
161% Outstanding
Read 1,430
Write 1,002
Mixed 1,093
261% 1,175 MB/s
4K Read 43.4
4K Write 72.6
4K Mixed 20.4
130% 45.4 MB/s
DQ Read 45.3
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 72.4
64% 91.5 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 161%
Great: 236%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB
45GB free (System drive)
Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
38.3% Below average
Read 475
Write 47.3
Mixed 83.4
43% 202 MB/s
4K Read 17.9
4K Write 26.8
4K Mixed 9.12
53% 17.9 MB/s
DQ Read 21.9
DQ Write 20
DQ Mixed 9.09
10% 17 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 38.3%
Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
884GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 127
Write 123
Mixed 125
94% 125 MB/s
4K Read 0.54
4K Write 1.57
4K Mixed 0.2
74% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.7% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 21.3
68% 23.9 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 23.6
SC Mixed 20.2
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 872 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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