Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.5% 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 Drive141% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 000X1C
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '19 at 12:30
Run Duration149 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 13%
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 PC Performing as expected (49th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
76.3% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 103
2-Core 201
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 559
54% 446 Pts
64-Core 564
35% 564 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Zotac(19DA 1451) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1917
Performing below potential (11th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.5% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 117
Parallax 106
101% 115 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 109
Splatting 94.1
82% 101 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 94.5%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
307GB free
Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1162 1387 518 82 48 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1,956
Write 1,402
Mixed 793
SusWrite 548
260% 1,175 MB/s
4K Read 49.1
4K Write 155
4K Mixed 62.2
236% 88.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,203
DQ Write 396
DQ Mixed 461
429% 687 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 220%
Great: 283%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
377GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 396 101 100 101 101 36 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
141% Outstanding
Read 897
Write 588
Mixed 448
SusWrite 139
115% 518 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 47.7
201% 78.3 MB/s
DQ Read 1,049
DQ Write 566
DQ Mixed 130
278% 582 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 141%
Great: 172%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
158GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 419 428 438 461 463 462 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Read 481
Write 460
Mixed 390
SusWrite 445
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 34.9
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 47.1
153% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 361
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 332
250% 335 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 109%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2133 C13 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (55th percentile)
73.7% Very good
MC Read 27
MC Write 27.6
MC Mixed 23.6
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 27.9
SC Mixed 21.5
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 110%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 875 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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