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 (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	450% 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	16GB 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 Version	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	7.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20191021
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '21 at 22:20
Run Duration	211 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 3.75 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	88% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 230 84% 147 Pts	4-Core 452 8-Core 695 71% 574 Pts	64-Core 752 47% 752 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 88% Great: 86%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 70GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 35 34 32 30 29 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	450% Outstanding	Read 5,498 Write 41.5 Mixed 83.3 SusWrite 32.8 294% 1,414 MB/s	4K Read 563 4K Write 2.7 4K Mixed 5.5 861% 190 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 450% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 220GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 93 95 92 95 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	49% Average	Read 77.4 Write 75.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 93.2 48% 66.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.4 92% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A3 8TB 5,644 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 6TB free, PID 25a3 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 21 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	25.3% Poor	Read 34.9 Write 32.9 Mixed 30.9 SusWrite 21.1 40% 30 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1 209% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 25.3% Great: 96%
WD My Book 25DA 6TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 1TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 20 21 20 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 31.9 Write 30.4 Mixed 26.9 SusWrite 20.4 37% 27.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 1 119% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 21.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.3 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 78%

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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	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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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