Alienware 15 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 82%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 78.8%, 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 Drive267% 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
Memory27.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 30 '18 at 07:21
Run Duration209 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 (92nd percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 85.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 630
62% 508 Pts
64-Core 613
38% 613 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
118% Outstanding
Lighting 160
Reflection 194
Parallax 185
130% 180 fps
MRender 127
Gravity 145
Splatting 126
108% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 118%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
222GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1096 1638 1419 881 800 797 MB/s
Performing below expectations (39th percentile)
267% Outstanding
Read 2,642
Write 1,889
Mixed 1,013
SusWrite 1,105
369% 1,662 MB/s
4K Read 49.7
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 70.4
241% 87.8 MB/s
DQ Read 51.1
DQ Write 788
DQ Mixed 843
527% 561 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 267%
Great: 363%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
264GB free
Firmware: EXM04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 471 467 487 480 487 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 480
Mixed 405
SusWrite 461
104% 463 MB/s
4K Read 30.9
4K Write 77.6
4K Mixed 42.1
142% 50.2 MB/s
DQ Read 224
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 83.4
120% 217 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 105%
Great: 124%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
189GB free
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 291 290 291 292 291 291 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 942
Write 299
Mixed 364
SusWrite 291
104% 474 MB/s
4K Read 41.3
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 39
186% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 41.4
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 428
231% 204 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 115%
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 (78th percentile)
78.1% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 29.9
MC Mixed 24.8
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17
SC Write 32.3
SC Mixed 25.1
71% 24.8 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 78.1%
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 875 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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HDDRAMUSB
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