Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 23% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.3% 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	66.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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 (16%). 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	7.8 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	2.3 Days
Run Date	Oct 15 '19 at 07:56
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 2.85 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	69.6% Good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 57.9 2-Core 167 59% 102 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 566 53% 440 Pts	64-Core 777 48% 777 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 69.6% 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: 431.86 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 10.2 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 71.8 8% 31.2 fps	MRender 69 Gravity 65 Splatting 85.4 61% 73.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 26.3% 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% 113GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 285 216 210 194 246 317 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	66.4% Good	Read 192 Write 233 Mixed 371 SusWrite 244 59% 260 MB/s	4K Read 14.1 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 20 88% 37.2 MB/s	DQ Read 407 DQ Write 373 DQ Mixed 291 245% 357 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 66.4% Great: 193%
Seagate ST1000LM049-2GH172 1TB 145,911 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 223GB free Firmware: SDM2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 109 112 113 114 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	54.3% Above average	Read 78 Write 105 Mixed 62.5 SusWrite 111 66% 89.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 54.3% Great: 95%
SanDisk Ultra 64GB 5,745 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 29GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 23 23 14 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	16.1% Very poor	Read 33.6 Write 22.7 Mixed 19.7 SusWrite 20.8 31% 24.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.6 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.4 126% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.1% Great: 39%

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 as expected (46^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	MC Read 28.2 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 21 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 17.1 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 78.4 51% 78.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.4% 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	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

Total price: $33

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16