Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 103% UFO	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	85.7% 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	286% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 26 '19 at 10:15
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	96.1% Outstanding	Memory 94.3 1-Core 150 2-Core 286 98% 177 Pts	4-Core 540 8-Core 694 79% 617 Pts	64-Core 847 52% 847 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 96.1% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q) 3,293 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 0876) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 132 Parallax 114 86% 118 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 96.9 84% 104 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 813GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1338 1387 1385 1405 1382 1380 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,223 Write 1,772 Mixed 1638 SusWrite 1,379 393% 1,753 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 68 220% 73.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,086 DQ Write 910 DQ Mixed 990 744% 995 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 445%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 616GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 425 430 431 433 432 428 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 414 Mixed 430 SusWrite 430 100% 442 MB/s	4K Read 33.2 4K Write 67.5 4K Mixed 44 142% 48.2 MB/s	DQ Read 357 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 326 245% 328 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 133%
Jmicron Tech 1TB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 346GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 652 646 639 648 649 648 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 91%

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 (97^th percentile)	88.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.5 MC Write 34.2 MC Mixed 26.6 89% 31.1 GB/s	SC Read 20 SC Write 37.3 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.8 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 88.9% 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%

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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	17x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	104x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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