Alienware m15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics3.33% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive142% 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.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware m15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m15 R2
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220505
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJul 10 '22 at 13:09
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing as expected (56th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 87.2
1-Core 123
2-Core 230
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 421
8-Core 688
68% 554 Pts
64-Core 836
52% 836 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 093B) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
3.33% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 93.9
Parallax 8.6
5% 36.2 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 3.33%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
170GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 360 361 366 449 363 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 1,068
Write 264
Mixed 478
SusWrite 389
121% 550 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 97.5
4K Mixed 40.7
162% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 509
DQ Write 682
DQ Mixed 417
365% 536 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 142%
Great: 142%
WD Black SN750 NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB (2019)-$37
203GB free
Firmware: 111110WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1148 976 976 986 988 988 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
232% Outstanding
Read 1,640
Write 2,142
Mixed 1,786
SusWrite 1,010
371% 1,645 MB/s
4K Read 45.8
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 61.5
208% 73.5 MB/s
DQ Read 1,052
DQ Write 756
DQ Mixed 882
665% 897 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 232%
Great: 297%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.6
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 22.7
81% 28.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 33.9
SC Mixed 25.4
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m15 R2 Builds (Compare 319 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m15 R2

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