Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 96%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 88.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics80.4% 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 Drive440% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1439 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190418
Uptime0.8 Days
Run DateOct 13 '19 at 16:29
Run Duration184 Seconds
Run User LTU-User
Background CPU 14%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-8750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
88.7% Excellent
Memory 94
1-Core 124
2-Core 243
87% 154 Pts
4-Core 449
8-Core 708
71% 579 Pts
64-Core 816
50% 816 Pts
Poor: 42%
This bench: 88.7%
Great: 86%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0876) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 113
Parallax 101
82% 105 fps
MRender 94.3
Gravity 96.2
Splatting 95.6
78% 95.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80.4%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 2688 2793 2802 2826 2825 2828 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
440% Outstanding
Read 3,402
Write 2,767
Mixed 1,950
SusWrite 2,794
612% 2,728 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 213
4K Mixed 68.2
263% 108 MB/s
DQ Read 1,261
DQ Write 1,115
DQ Mixed 1,117
857% 1,164 MB/s
Poor: 113%
This bench: 440%
Great: 541%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
922GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 133 129 132 133 132 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
78.2% Very good
Read 142
Write 124
Mixed 29
SusWrite 131
77% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 78.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 21.2
75% 26.2 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 28.3
SC Mixed 24.1
67% 23.3 GB/s
Latency 59.9
67% 59.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 75.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R4 Builds (Compare 252 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 38%
Jet ski
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat

System: Alienware 15 R4

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 37% - Below average Total price: $33
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