Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics122% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive155% 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.
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0X70NC
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 16 '20 at 12:52
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Memory 86.4
1-Core 104
2-Core 221
78% 137 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 627
60% 495 Pts
64-Core 623
38% 623 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
122% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 180
Parallax 179
136% 175 fps
MRender 120
Gravity 169
Splatting 117
109% 135 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 122%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 296 327 310 331 288 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
155% Outstanding
Read 1,616
Write 475
Mixed 383
SusWrite 308
151% 696 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 149
4K Mixed 46
187% 75.8 MB/s
DQ Read 349
DQ Write 332
DQ Mixed 319
245% 333 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 155%
Great: 193%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
954GB free
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1116 962 912 911 902 903 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
213% Outstanding
Read 1233
Write 1,073
Mixed 1097
SusWrite 951
245% 1,088 MB/s
4K Read 35
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 58.9
206% 80.1 MB/s
DQ Read 887
DQ Write 992
DQ Mixed 788
635% 889 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 213%
Great: 251%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 126 125 125 123 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74.3% Very good
Read 134
Write 127
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 126
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
75.3% Very good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.6
SC Write 30
SC Mixed 24.8
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Alienware 15 R2

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