Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 78%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics84.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive200% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
SystemAlienware 15 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180810
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 10 '18 at 01:18
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.3% Excellent
Memory 92.7
1-Core 123
2-Core 244
86% 153 Pts
4-Core 451
8-Core 764
74% 607 Pts
64-Core 892
55% 892 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.3%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0876) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.16
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
84.8% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 126
Parallax 96.3
85% 109 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 100
Splatting 106
84% 101 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 84.8%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdpekkf256g8 NVMe INTEL 256GB
179GB free (System drive)
Firmware: D03N Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 455 267 269 269 271 273 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
200% Outstanding
Read 2,014
Write 1,104
Mixed 1,074
SusWrite 301
248% 1,123 MB/s
4K Read 53.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 65.5
220% 73.8 MB/s
DQ Read 806
DQ Write 684
DQ Mixed 329
360% 606 MB/s
Poor: 108%
This bench: 200%
Great: 236%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB
685GB free
Firmware: EMT03B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 462 401 469 466 465 463 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 472
Write 443
Mixed 366
SusWrite 454
321% 434 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 74
4K Mixed 47.7
8,108% 52.1 MB/s
DQ Read 358
DQ Write 304
DQ Mixed 329
3,021% 330 MB/s
Poor: 32% Great: 95%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.3% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 29.2
MC Mixed 21.9
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.9
SC Mixed 24.3
70% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 62.7
64% 62.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 38%
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Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
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System: Alienware 15 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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