Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 59% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	3.79% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 31% 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.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	1.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 12 '19 at 13:44
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	35%
CPU Throttled	31%

PC Performing as expected (59^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 42.9 2-Core 173 57% 99.9 Pts	4-Core 274 8-Core 454 44% 364 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0685) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.79% Terrible	Lighting 3.93 Reflection 40.7 Parallax 6.09 3% 16.9 fps	MRender 8.1 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.22 5% 5.93 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.79% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 148 147 151 142 151 134 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	60.1% Good	Read 450 Write 444 Mixed 273 SusWrite 146 73% 328 MB/s	4K Read 20.3 4K Write 58.1 4K Mixed 20.3 88% 32.9 MB/s	DQ Read 163 DQ Write 145 DQ Mixed 144 111% 151 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 290GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 76 77 76 76 74 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	43.2% Average	Read 74.5 Write 79.8 Mixed 47.2 SusWrite 75.8 51% 69.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.7 136% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.2% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB 30,280 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	51.6% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 18.6 MC Mixed 15.6 51% 17.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.5 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 16.3 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 57%

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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 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 15

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	148x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	66x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	256x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	98x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	47x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	47x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	44x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	93x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	40x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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