Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics118% 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 Drive201% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0X70NC
Memory27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 28 '18 at 12:07
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 (94th percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 221
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 405
8-Core 630
64% 517 Pts
64-Core 614
38% 614 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 196
Parallax 170
133% 176 fps
MRender 114
Gravity 160
Splatting 110
104% 128 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
215GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 916 929 909 883 844 622 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,722
Write 875
Mixed 775
SusWrite 850
234% 1,055 MB/s
4K Read 43.6
4K Write 112
4K Mixed 59.8
202% 71.6 MB/s
DQ Read 46.4
DQ Write 727
DQ Mixed 66.9
147% 280 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 201%
Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$217
264GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 450 462 469 478 466 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 491
Write 468
Mixed 393
SusWrite 454
102% 452 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 40.6
137% 48.6 MB/s
DQ Read 180
DQ Write 346
DQ Mixed 211
175% 246 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 102%
Great: 124%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
189GB free
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 290 289 291 290 291 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 889
Write 299
Mixed 296
SusWrite 290
97% 444 MB/s
4K Read 39.1
4K Write 116
4K Mixed 37
168% 63.9 MB/s
DQ Read 926
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 430
366% 553 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 131%
Great: 147%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
77.3% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 23.9
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 23.7
70% 24.6 GB/s
Latency 72.6
55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R2 Builds (Compare 870 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 15 R2

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