Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics104% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive91.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0W6T61
Memory3.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 24 '19 at 20:15
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%
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 PC Performing as expected (46th 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
68.2% Good
Memory 80.3
1-Core 76.3
2-Core 156
62% 104 Pts
4-Core 303
8-Core 441
46% 372 Pts
64-Core 497
31% 497 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 1936 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (71st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
104% Outstanding
Lighting 135
Reflection 142
Parallax 122
110% 133 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 131
Splatting 106
95% 117 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 104%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk S3 1T02 1TB
614GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 40101000
SusWrite @10s intervals: 378 426 430 449 456 454 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Read 426
Write 396
Mixed 261
SusWrite 432
85% 379 MB/s
4K Read 20.8
4K Write 71.2
4K Mixed 30.9
109% 41 MB/s
DQ Read 362
DQ Write 271
DQ Mixed 247
204% 293 MB/s
Poor: 72%
This bench: 91.2%
Great: 122%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
96GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 798 643 453 376 362 358 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
207% Outstanding
Read 1,383
Write 1,154
Mixed 1,172
SusWrite 498
235% 1,052 MB/s
4K Read 60.2
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 78.6
259% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 950
DQ Write 860
DQ Mixed 877
666% 896 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 207%
Great: 340%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB
2 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
65.6% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 20.3
69% 24.3 GB/s
SC Read 11.3
SC Write 18.4
SC Mixed 15.9
43% 15.2 GB/s
Latency 80
50% 80 ns
Poor: 35%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 74%

 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%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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