Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 81.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	76.9% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181005
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 29 '19 at 17:20
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	81.4% Excellent	Memory 92.8 1-Core 129 2-Core 232 86% 151 Pts	4-Core 378 8-Core 555 58% 466 Pts	64-Core 734 45% 734 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 81.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0876) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.9% Very good	Lighting 91 Reflection 106 Parallax 75.8 74% 91.1 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 104 82% 100 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$74 163,917 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 903GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1102 1278 1347 1384 1385 1388 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	210% Outstanding	Read 921 Write 346 Mixed 1,034 SusWrite 1,314 204% 904 MB/s	4K Read 47.7 4K Write 99.6 4K Mixed 61.4 204% 69.6 MB/s	DQ Read 634 DQ Write 712 DQ Mixed 270 315% 539 MB/s
Poor: 127% ↑ This bench: 210% Great: 255%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 296GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 35 44 44 46 44 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 49 Write 54 Mixed 20.2 SusWrite 37.5 29% 40.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.1 41% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6CJR8N-VK 1x16GB 3,713 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	48% Average	MC Read 17.1 MC Write 16.9 MC Mixed 13.5 45% 15.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 17.2 SC Mixed 15.9 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 62.5 64% 62.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48% Great: 49%

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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	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 $273	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 $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