Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 127% UFO	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 111% UFO


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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	152% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	210% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180529
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 03:09
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	83.4% Excellent	Memory 88.2 1-Core 136 2-Core 272 91% 165 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 631 66% 528 Pts	64-Core 816 50% 816 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 416.34 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 134 Parallax 108 90% 117 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 109 Splatting 97.2 85% 104 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 85%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	152% Outstanding	Lighting 208 Reflection 222 Parallax 237 170% 222 fps	MRender 244 Gravity 206 Splatting 140 155% 197 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 188GB free (System drive) Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1289 1319 1295 1232 791 612 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 1,426 Write 1,312 Mixed 927 SusWrite 1,090 267% 1,189 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 89.7 4K Mixed 51.6 172% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 911 DQ Write 587 DQ Mixed 608 491% 702 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 692GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 127 129 130 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.5% Very good	Read 125 Write 102 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 128 68% 94.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.4 107% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	85.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.7 MC Write 33.1 MC Mixed 26.7 87% 30.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.4 SC Write 34.9 SC Mixed 27.2 77% 26.8 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.8% Great: 89%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	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