Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 31% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 84.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	168% 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	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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '19 at 08:05
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-8750H 442,631 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	84.1% Excellent	Memory 89.5 1-Core 125 2-Core 248 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 629 66% 527 Pts	64-Core 740 46% 740 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 86%

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: 436.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.4% Below average	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 91.6 11% 40.1 fps	MRender 95.3 Gravity 95 Splatting 101 80% 97.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 34.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 489 312 315 300 302 302 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	168% Outstanding	Read 1,499 Write 1,022 Mixed 1,053 SusWrite 336 218% 978 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 58.2 195% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 696 DQ Write 487 DQ Mixed 220 265% 468 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 168% Great: 193%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 781GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 152 165 168 169 169 168 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 108 Write 160 Mixed 74.7 SusWrite 165 93% 127 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 95%
WD My Passport 25E1 2TB 20,154 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 983GB free, PID 25e1 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 76 72 73 72 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	20.9% Poor	Read 21.8 Write 43.1 Mixed 22.4 SusWrite 72.8 59% 40 MB/s	4K Read 0.3 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.1 25% 0.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 20.9% Great: 61%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 47 25 24 25 20 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	37.1% Below average	Read 151 Write 61.3 Mixed 67.3 SusWrite 34.3 90% 78.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.6 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 1.5 144% 3.37 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 37.1% Great: 39%
WD My Passport 260D 4TB 2,403 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free, PID 260d Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 29 38 38 38 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	12% Very poor	Read 14.3 Write 19 Mixed 17 SusWrite 36.8 32% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.1 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 28% 0.3 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 12% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 27.4 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 20.4 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 23.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% Great: 78%

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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	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 $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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