Alienware 15

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 34% Sail boat	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 36.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	2.11% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 30% 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 27 '17 at 21:12
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	SYR-User
Background CPU	22%
CPU Throttled	30%

PC Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	36.3% Below average	Memory 57 1-Core 23.2 2-Core 44.9 29% 41.7 Pts	4-Core 87.1 8-Core 123 13% 105 Pts	64-Core 101 6% 101 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 71%

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. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	2.11% Terrible	Lighting 2.07 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 3.56 2% 14.8 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 1.23 Splatting 4.13 3% 3.58 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.11% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 171GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 154 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1137 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 28199 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 752 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 134863 (F2) Unknown 100 100 132114	60.5% Good	Read 463 Write 412 Mixed 450 99% 442 MB/s	4K Read 14.5 4K Write 27.1 4K Mixed 8.94 48% 16.8 MB/s	DQ Read 17.9 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 53.3 44% 59.3 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 811GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 181 180 1908 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 42 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 16 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 253 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 253 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 15 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 3 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 179 (C2) HDA temperature 120 107 27 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 7 (F1) Unknown 200 200 432850968 (F2) Unknown 200 200 102629128 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	65.4% Good	Read 119 Write 109 Mixed 105 83% 111 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 2.07 4K Mixed 0.28 87% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	33% Below average	MC Read 14.7 MC Write 12.2 MC Mixed 10.6 36% 12.5 GB/s	SC Read 5.6 SC Write 4.7 SC Mixed 6.4 16% 5.57 GB/s	Latency 137 29% 137 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 33% Great: 59%

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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 $295	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 $40	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