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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	72.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

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

System	Alienware m15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0WCNK6
Memory	7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201020
Uptime	4.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 19 '21 at 12:22
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	17%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 114 2-Core 187 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 311 8-Core 441 47% 376 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 08A1) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8935 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.2 Reflection 68.4 Parallax 7.2 5% 27.3 fps	Gravity 6.6 Splatting 0.2 2% 3.4 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC401 SK hy 256GB 1,712 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 34GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 104 93 72 69 65 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 512 Write 113 Mixed 153 SusWrite 85.7 47% 216 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 70.8 4K Mixed 27.9 123% 43.8 MB/s	DQ Read 377 DQ Write 86 DQ Mixed 109 112% 191 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 164%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 856GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 132 127 126 133 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	60.7% Good	Read 81.5 Write 73.7 Mixed 65.5 SusWrite 128 64% 87.3 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.6 4K Mixed 1.6 342% 2.7 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 60.7% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 20.6 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 21.6 SC Mixed 19 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 75.6 53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 84%

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Gaming 12%

Tree trunk

Desktop 68%

Battle cruiser

Workstation 11%

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System: Alienware m15

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	453x
Core i7-9750HIntelBench 73%, 328,182 samples	190x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	31x

GPU
UHD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 506,702 samples	348x
RTX 2060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 71%, 119,687 samples	109x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	59x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	52x
NVMe SK hynix 512GBPc401Bench 146%, 10,182 samples	32x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $30Bench 145%, 33,719 samples	23x

RAM
HMA81GS6JJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 74%, 13,906 samples	121x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	83x
KHYXPX-MIE 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 5,852 samples	55x

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Value: 28% - Poor

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Intel Core i7-14700K $355	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350