Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 96% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 88.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.9% 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 Drive	225% 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181123
Uptime	32.8 Days
Run Date	May 25 '19 at 13:44
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	SAU-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i9-8950HK 14,729 User benchmarks, average bench 74% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	88.5% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 148 2-Core 245 92% 161 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 706 72% 583 Pts	64-Core 859 53% 859 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 with Max-Q Design 84 User benchmarks, average bench 70% Dell(1028 0887) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.27 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	Lighting 111 Reflection 129 Parallax 115 91% 119 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 110 Splatting 97.2 86% 106 fps
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 88.9% Great: 89%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 172GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1082 303 302 303 304 305 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	225% Outstanding	Read 2131 Write 1,255 Mixed 1,134 SusWrite 433 274% 1,238 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 65.7 223% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 1,011 DQ Mixed 962 732% 984 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 225% Great: 255%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 77 134 134 131 134 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.9% Very good	Read 140 Write 86.5 Mixed 30.7 SusWrite 114 67% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GB 3,590 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87% Excellent	MC Read 33 MC Write 32.8 MC Mixed 26.1 88% 30.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.6 SC Write 36.4 SC Mixed 28.1 80% 28 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87% Great: 89%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 38%

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Desktop 78%

Battleship

Workstation 33%

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System: Alienware 15 R4

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	186x
Core i9-8950HKIntelBench 74%, 14,729 samples	47x
Core i5-8300HIntelBench 65%, 167,898 samples	18x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	105x
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	91x
GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)NvidiaBench 78%, 3,293 samples	39x

SSD
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	41x
NVMe Samsung 256GBPm981Bench 192%, 5,350 samples	17x
NVMe SK hynix 256GBPc401Bench 118%, 9,137 samples	16x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	85x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 18,486 samples	19x
HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 2x16GBUnknownBench 81%, 3,590 samples	15x

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Value: 37% - Below average

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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