Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	83.1% 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	146% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200708
Uptime	3.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 16 '21 at 13:11
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing below expectations (37^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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (27^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Memory 80 1-Core 93.2 2-Core 191 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 408 46% 362 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 68.6% 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: 456.87 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.8 Reflection 124 Parallax 106 81% 110 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 104 86% 106 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.1% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 612 509 467 281 113 177 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	146% Outstanding	Read 1,405 Write 928 Mixed 665 SusWrite 360 186% 839 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 81.3 4K Mixed 43.5 155% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 628 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 455 339% 458 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 146% Great: 283%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 50GB free Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,946 Write 1,832 Mixed 1,498 392% 1,759 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 58.7 188% 62 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 585 440% 591 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 298GB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 388 406 416 427 427 420 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	95.9% Outstanding	Read 475 Write 412 Mixed 375 SusWrite 414 94% 419 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 59.5 4K Mixed 36.5 120% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 293 DQ Mixed 309 234% 314 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 95.9% Great: 124%

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 below expectations (38^th percentile)	81.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 32.9 MC Mixed 26 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 31.4 SC Mixed 21.1 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 81.4% 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%

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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	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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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