Alienware ASM201

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 17% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (93rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 7 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (17%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware ASM201 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GWM1Y
Memory	5.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160721
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 22 '16 at 23:54
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-6400T 8,631 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 81.5 1-Core 86.1 2-Core 161 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 324 42% 317 Pts	64-Core 306 19% 306 Pts
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 68%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 960 1,170 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 072B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5946 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	32.6% Below average	Lighting 42.7 Reflection 40.4 Parallax 35.4 35% 39.5 fps	MRender 37.7 Gravity 36.2 Splatting 31.5 28% 35.1 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.6% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD WD5000LPLX-00ZNTT0 500GB 28,774 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 408GB free (System drive) Firmware: 02.01A02 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 1841 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 145 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 145 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 200 200 160 (C2) HDA temperature 106 90 37 (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 421476695 (F2) Unknown 200 200 415516411 (FE) Unknown 200 200 0	73.5% Very good	Read 144 Write 113 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.42 4K Write 1.81 4K Mixed 0.33 88% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%
Lexar JumpDrive S25 USB 3.0 32GB-$13 3,792 User benchmarks, average bench 21% 28GB free, PID a838 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	35% Below average	Read 139 Write 51.3 Mixed 67.7 94% 86.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.12 4K Write 0.87 4K Mixed 0.68 68% 1.89 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 33%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GB 45,898 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 1 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	41.7% Average	MC Read 14.5 MC Write 15 MC Mixed 12.3 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 13.9 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 77.8 51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 41.7% Great: 42%

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Gaming 25%

Raft

Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 21%

Surfboard

System: Alienware ASM201

CPU
Core i7-6700TIntelBench 70%, 9,225 samples	194x
Core i5-6400TIntelBench 61%, 8,631 samples	74x
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	12x

GPU
GeForce GTX 960NvidiaBench 31%, 1,170 samples	218x
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	10x
RTX 2080-TiNvidia $441Bench 156%, 357,946 samples	8x

SSD
PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 184%, 7,214 samples	18x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	11x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc300Bench 119%, 4,485 samples	10x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 1x8GBHynixBench 38%, 45,898 samples	64x
HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 1x16GBHynixBench 38%, 4,427 samples	40x
M471A2K43BB1-CPB 1x16GBSamsungBench 38%, 8,819 samples	25x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $45	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