Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics85.5% 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 Drive311% 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.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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
Memory26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180810
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 19 '18 at 02:38
Run Duration269 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Memory 91.9
1-Core 123
2-Core 242
86% 152 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 658
60% 504 Pts
64-Core 842
52% 842 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 78.5%
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: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
85.5% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 125
Parallax 96.8
87% 109 fps
MRender 98.7
Gravity 99.7
Splatting 106
83% 101 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 85.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
831GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2017 2073 2057 2112 2119 2112 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
311% Outstanding
Read 2,127
Write 2,120
Mixed 1,304
SusWrite 2,082
430% 1,908 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 100
4K Mixed 61.8
201% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 867
DQ Write 755
DQ Mixed 791
598% 804 MB/s
Poor: 200%
This bench: 311%
Great: 378%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300
858GB free
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 895 487 487 487 487 488 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 85% Great: 132%
Samsung 970 PRO 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1896 2119 1305 1154 1159 1072 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
278% Outstanding
Read 2,164
Write 2,051
Mixed 1,623
SusWrite 1451
409% 1,822 MB/s
4K Read 50.1
4K Write 94.3
4K Mixed 63.5
207% 69.3 MB/s
DQ Read 911
DQ Write 815
DQ Mixed 860
646% 862 MB/s
Poor: 239%
This bench: 278%
Great: 382%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 859B BLS16G4S26BFSD.16FD 32GB
2400, 2400 MHz
16384, 16384 MB
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 30
MC Write 31.3
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 17.9
SC Write 33.3
SC Mixed 25.5
73% 25.6 GB/s
Latency 64.3
62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 79%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R4 Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

System: Alienware 15 R4

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