Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 37% Jet ski	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 34% 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 85.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	36.3% 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	177% 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 (26%). 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	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190418
Uptime	31.8 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '20 at 23:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	26%

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 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.7% Excellent	Memory 84.3 1-Core 120 2-Core 237 82% 147 Pts	4-Core 468 8-Core 726 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 927 57% 927 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 85.7% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0887) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	36.3% Below average	Lighting 46 Reflection 52.5 Parallax 33.2 38% 43.9 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 48.2 Splatting 58.7 34% 38.6 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 36.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pm981 NVMe Samsung 256GB 5,350 User benchmarks, average bench 192% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXD71D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 259 267 252 213 178 252 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	177% Outstanding	Read 2,015 Write 1,365 Mixed 1,055 SusWrite 237 258% 1,168 MB/s	4K Read 39.2 4K Write 68.4 4K Mixed 55.5 167% 54.4 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 366 353% 559 MB/s
Poor: 110% ↑ This bench: 177% Great: 255%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 822GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 131 132 130 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Read 133 Write 131 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 131 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 18 SC Mixed 21.4 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 72.9 55% 72.9 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 84%

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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%

Jet ski

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	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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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