Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 86.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics85.7% 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 Drive306% 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
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180529
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateAug 04 '18 at 14:17
Run Duration271 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.7% Excellent
Memory 90.5
1-Core 124
2-Core 228
84% 148 Pts
4-Core 446
8-Core 761
73% 604 Pts
64-Core 970
60% 970 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 86.7%
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)
85.7% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 127
Parallax 97.6
87% 110 fps
MRender 98.5
Gravity 101
Splatting 107
84% 102 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 85.7%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO 1TB
874GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2004 2040 2071 2090 2077 2072 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
306% Outstanding
Read 2,062
Write 2,081
Mixed 1,368
SusWrite 2,059
426% 1,893 MB/s
4K Read 44
4K Write 94.4
4K Mixed 59.4
193% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 890
DQ Write 787
DQ Mixed 834
627% 837 MB/s
Poor: 200%
This bench: 306%
Great: 378%
Samsung 860 Pro 1TB-$300
858GB free
Firmware: RVM01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 889 482 482 482 484 482 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: 1866 2094 1314 1155 1165 1167 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
277% Outstanding
Read 2121
Write 2,067
Mixed 1,544
SusWrite 1,460
404% 1,798 MB/s
4K Read 49.9
4K Write 93.2
4K Mixed 61.6
204% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 942
DQ Write 850
DQ Mixed 890
669% 894 MB/s
Poor: 239%
This bench: 277%
Great: 382%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
77.8% Very good
MC Read 30.5
MC Write 29.2
MC Mixed 22.1
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 25.4
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 66.5
60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.8%
Great: 78%

 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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