Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 78.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics116% 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 Drive188% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough 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
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180509
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateAug 26 '18 at 00:29
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.6% Very good
Memory 88.8
1-Core 107
2-Core 203
77% 133 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 540
57% 455 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 78.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0772) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.24% Terrible
Lighting 6.63
Reflection 9.81
Parallax 6.62
5% 7.69 fps
MRender 8.14
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 13.2
8% 9.11 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.24%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing below potential (19th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
116% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 184
Parallax 165
125% 168 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 170
Splatting 120
111% 137 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 116%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 819 635 634 631 599 542 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
188% Outstanding
Read 1,404
Write 1,510
Mixed 632
SusWrite 643
234% 1,047 MB/s
4K Read 46
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 52.3
195% 69.2 MB/s
DQ Read 825
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 718
546% 738 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 188%
Great: 254%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
157GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 455 434 389 415 436 MB/s
Performing below expectations (40th percentile)
108% Outstanding
Read 460
Write 431
Mixed 373
SusWrite 429
95% 423 MB/s
4K Read 34.5
4K Write 77.1
4K Mixed 46.9
153% 52.8 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 338
255% 342 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 108%
Great: 131%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
75.9% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 22.3
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 23.2
63% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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