Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 78% Battleship	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 83%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.4% 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	290% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 12:42
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Memory 93.6 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 87% 153 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 575 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 781 48% 781 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 83% 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 0876) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.4% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 148 Parallax 117 89% 125 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 109 Splatting 97.5 84% 104 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.4% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 11,317 User benchmarks, average bench 264% 804GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1432 1564 1575 1537 1496 1472 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,249 Write 1,752 Mixed 1,629 SusWrite 1,513 400% 1,786 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 99.1 4K Mixed 67.2 219% 73.1 MB/s	DQ Read 963 DQ Write 793 DQ Mixed 795 618% 851 MB/s
Poor: 120% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 445%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 382GB free Firmware: RVT03B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 894 484 485 486 485 484 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Jmicron Tech 1TB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 610GB free Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 615 654 655 666 669 668 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 91%

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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	MC Read 31.8 MC Write 34 MC Mixed 26.5 88% 30.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 27.7 78% 27.3 GB/s	Latency 60.7 66% 60.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.3% Great: 89%

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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%

Sail boat

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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16