Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	266% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

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System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '17 at 03:35
Run Duration	80 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	Memory 86.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 216 77% 135 Pts	4-Core 377 8-Core 538 57% 457 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8165 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.3% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 103 Parallax 85 87% 98.2 fps	MRender 89.5 Gravity 93.2 Splatting 85.7 73% 89.5 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 110%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 244GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2,735 Write 1,240 Mixed 1,455 397% 1,810 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 52.7 211% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 440 DQ Write 329 DQ Mixed 67.7 137% 279 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 259%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB 4,611 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.5 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.5 82% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	366x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	212x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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