Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	85.3% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 18:22
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 113 2-Core 227 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 579 62% 494 Pts	64-Core 764 47% 764 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 82.9% 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 088B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 129 Parallax 105 86% 113 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 106 Splatting 96.7 83% 102 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc400 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 2,374 User benchmarks, average bench 186% 420GB free Firmware: 40001E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1310 1282 1302 1310 703 647 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 1,265 Write 1,312 Mixed 920 SusWrite 1,092 258% 1,147 MB/s	4K Read 46 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 63.1 220% 80.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,117 DQ Write 578 DQ Mixed 604 514% 766 MB/s
Poor: 112% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 248%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 855GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 117 125 120 127 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 122 Write 122 Mixed 33.8 SusWrite 124 73% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.5 106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 2x8GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.7% Good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 21 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 22.8 SC Mixed 21.6 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 66.6 60% 66.6 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 69.7% Great: 78%

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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%

Battleship

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