Alienware 15 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	230% 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 (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220509
Uptime	4.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 23 '23 at 12:17
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (60^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 393 8-Core 553 59% 473 Pts	64-Core 654 40% 654 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 82.1% Great: 86%

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: 512.98 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 101 Reflection 124 Parallax 108 82% 111 fps	Gravity 110 Splatting 105 95% 108 fps
Poor: 61% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB 9,880 User benchmarks, average bench 307% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1425 1370 1455 1476 1546 1503 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	230% Outstanding	Read 1717 Write 1,890 Mixed 1,548 SusWrite 1,462 373% 1,654 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 63.1 4K Mixed 49.6 160% 51.5 MB/s	DQ Read 554 DQ Write 419 DQ Mixed 453 348% 475 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 230% Great: 541%
SB2 240GB 96 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 202GB free Firmware: SBFM01.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 295 310 318 326 325 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	78% Very good	Read 402 Write 349 Mixed 296 SusWrite 318 77% 341 MB/s	4K Read 27 4K Write 47.4 4K Mixed 25.4 98% 33.3 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 185 165% 250 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 93%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 254GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 75 76 75 75 75 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 124 Write 123 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 74.6 62% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 146% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 10,266 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 33.4 MC Mixed 29.5 90% 31.6 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 37 SC Mixed 26.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 64.2 62% 64.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 92%

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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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Desktop 78%

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Workstation 33%

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System: Alienware 15 R4

CPU
Core i7-8750HIntelBench 70%, 442,631 samples	187x
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	92x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16