Alienware 15

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 25%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.71% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150724
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateAug 20 '18 at 07:06
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 54%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4720HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Memory 47.1
1-Core 18.8
2-Core 34.6
24% 33.5 Pts
4-Core 57.4
8-Core 88.8
9% 73.1 Pts
64-Core 98.5
6% 98.5 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 0685) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Relative performance (0th percentile)
0.71% Terrible
Lighting 0.53
Reflection 1.12
Parallax 1.06
0% 0.9 fps
MRender 1.81
Gravity 0.4
Splatting 2.13
1% 1.45 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 0.71%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
598GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 94 95 92 93 96 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 124
Write 129
Mixed 35.3
SusWrite 94.4
69% 95.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6E1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
34.5% Below average
MC Read 12.9
MC Write 14
MC Mixed 13.7
39% 13.5 GB/s
SC Read 4.4
SC Write 4.2
SC Mixed 6
14% 4.87 GB/s
Latency 172
23% 172 ns
Poor: 29%
This bench: 34.5%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 Builds (Compare 425 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15

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