Alienware M15x

Performance Results


Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 47.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	5.34% 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	35.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware M15x (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20100824
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '16 at 12:44
Run Duration	260 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7 X 940-$150 592 User benchmarks, average bench 60% CPU 1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.15 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	47.8% Average	Memory 75.9 1-Core 30 2-Core 59.1 39% 55 Pts	4-Core 109 8-Core 196 18% 153 Pts	64-Core 302 19% 302 Pts
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 47.8% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 260M 1,120 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 02A2) 1GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 9.18.13.4195 Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	5.34% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 7.23 Parallax 2.44 6% 5.59 fps	MRender 6.33 Gravity 5.53 Splatting 4.83 4% 5.56 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS1311 120GB-$63 12,393 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 72GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS131122 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 208 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 271 (A8) Unknown 100 100 180783 (AA) Unknown 100 100 167 (AD) Unknown 100 100 327693 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 172 (C2) HDA temperature 70 70 128850984990 (DA) Unknown 100 100 92907 (E7) Temperature 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 913	35.5% Below average	Read 257 Write 159 Mixed 179 44% 198 MB/s	4K Read 13.8 4K Write 13.2 4K Mixed 8.2 38% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 124 DQ Write 60.3 DQ Mixed 32.8 40% 72.3 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 91%
Seagate BUP Slim SL 2TB 8,475 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 1TB free Firmware: 0302 Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	16.4% Very poor	Read 31.6 Write 25.1 Mixed 27.2 21% 28 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 1.73 4K Mixed 0.29 85% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.4% Great: 65%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 500GB-$49 47,332 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 462GB free Firmware: 0004SDM1 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 119 99 232219426 (03) Spinup time 97 95 0 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3672 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 4 (07) Seek error rate 54 54 8929907389441 (09) Power-on hours count 80 80 17555 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 97 37 3615 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 99 30065229843 (BD) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 58 40 11425320075306 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 424 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 65 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 53 53 95067 (C2) HDA temperature 42 60 64424509482 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 46 31 232219426 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 253 -73250667215749 (F1) Unknown 100 253 156960371 (F2) Unknown 100 253 701938093 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	49% Average	Read 86.6 Write 84.2 Mixed 85 64% 85.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.52 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.43 86% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 58%
ST2000DX 001-1CM164 2TB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 1.5TB free, PID 0c31 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	21.1% Poor	Read 26.4 Write 19.7 Mixed 18.8 26% 21.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.51 4K Write 4.18 4K Mixed 0.47 160% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 32%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 1600L CL9 Series 2x8GB 427 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	MC Read 16 MC Write 13.1 MC Mixed 12 39% 13.7 GB/s	SC Read 8.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 7.9 22% 7.7 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 60%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 53%

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Workstation 6%

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System: Alienware M15x

CPU
Core i7 Q 740Intel $190Bench 54%, 13,278 samples	49x
Core i7 Q 720Intel $220Bench 51%, 13,149 samples	46x
Core i7 Q 840Intel $85Bench 56%, 1,339 samples	10x

GPU
GeForce GTX 260MNvidiaBench 5%, 1,120 samples	42x
GeForce GTX 460MNvidiaBench 6%, 3,887 samples	24x
Mobility Radeon HD 5730AMDBench 4%, 2,535 samples	20x

SSD
A400 120GBKingston $28Bench 61%, 166,392 samples	5x
Force 3 180GBCorsair $384Bench 46%, 1,204 samples	4x
330 Series 120GBIntel $188Bench 68%, 11,188 samples	4x

RAM
HMT351S6BFR8C-H9 2x4GBHynixBench 40%, 8,137 samples	8x
Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C10 2x8GBCorsairBench 53%, 4,121 samples	6x
M471B5273CH0-CH9 2x4GBSamsungBench 41%, 10,285 samples	5x

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Value: 54% - Above average

Total price: $218

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $158
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $388	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $79
Intel Core i5-12400F $110	Nvidia RTX 4070 $520	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $363