Alienware 13

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 61%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.17% 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 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 (48%). 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.

System	Alienware 13 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02C3X1
Memory	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150326
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 11:27
Run Duration	98 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	48%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-5500U 73,655 User benchmarks, average bench 46% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	61% Good	Memory 80.1 1-Core 18.4 2-Core 79.4 40% 59.3 Pts	4-Core 244 8-Core 247 33% 246 Pts	64-Core 246 15% 246 Pts
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 58%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 06A3) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.17% Terrible	Lighting 5.4 Reflection 16.4 Parallax 7.03 4% 9.62 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 4.9 Splatting 10.9 7% 7.78 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.17% Great: 4%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 143 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1855 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 26275 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 960 (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 122422 (F2) Unknown 100 100 147439	60.1% Good	Read 442 Write 408 Mixed 432 95% 427 MB/s	4K Read 18.4 4K Write 32.8 4K Mixed 8.48 56% 19.9 MB/s	DQ Read 19.9 DQ Write 39.8 DQ Mixed 14.3 15% 24.7 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 94%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GB 19,666 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	48.6% Average	MC Read 15 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 16.6 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 10.5 36% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 48.6% Great: 58%

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 49%

Yacht

Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 13

CPU
Core i7-5500UIntelBench 46%, 73,655 samples	69x
Core i5-4210UIntelBench 41%, 82,966 samples	68x
Core i5-5200UIntelBench 42%, 107,407 samples	22x

GPU
HD 5500 (Mobile 0.95 GHz)IntelBench 4%, 231,498 samples	59x
HD 4400 (Mobile 1.0/1.1 GHz)IntelBench 2%, 275,372 samples	38x
GTX 860MNvidiaBench 16%, 18,736 samples	35x

SSD
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	14x
PM851 M.2 2280 256GBSamsungBench 63%, 2,092 samples	14x
PM851 M.2 2280 512GBSamsungBench 65%, 485 samples	13x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	20x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	18x
M471B5173EB0-YK0 2x4GBSamsungBench 46%, 19,666 samples	17x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16