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 (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	199% 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.

Very high background CPU (51%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R4
Memory	22.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181123
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '19 at 13:35
Run Duration	219 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	51%

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PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	71.3% Very good	Memory 81.4 1-Core 119 2-Core 178 74% 126 Pts	4-Core 331 8-Core 498 52% 415 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 86%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6276) CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2027 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 6.73 Reflection 9.08 Parallax 5.97 6% 7.26 fps	Gravity 7.27 Splatting 36.2 21% 21.7 fps
Poor: 71% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1551 1631 602 418 539 404 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	199% Outstanding	Read 2,020 Write 2,084 Mixed 735 SusWrite 857 318% 1,424 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 71 4K Mixed 39.2 122% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 641 DQ Write 614 DQ Mixed 565 441% 607 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 199% Great: 372%
Asmt ASM1352-PM 500GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 410GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 318 314 318 316 314 323 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	51.8% Above average	Read 295 Write 314 Mixed 292 SusWrite 317 69% 304 MB/s	4K Read 15.7 4K Write 18.9 4K Mixed 15.5 54% 16.7 MB/s	DQ Read 88 DQ Write 91.4 DQ Mixed 109 77% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 51.8% Great: 76%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 729GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 135 136 135 136 136 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 138 Write 125 Mixed 29 SusWrite 135 77% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 144% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 75%
Qnap iSCSI Storage 537GB 52 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 401GB free Firmware: 4.0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 23 23 22 24 24 23 MB/s Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	15.5% Very poor	Read 30.2 Write 24.2 Mixed 26.3 SusWrite 23.2 19% 26 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 1 176% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 15.5% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB 7,078 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.2% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 25.8 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 24.9 68% 23.8 GB/s	Latency 78.1 51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 89%

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Gaming 38%

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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 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

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