Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPUs suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96% 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	191% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. Find active processes with Windows task manager (CTRL+SHIFT+ESC). 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

13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago, 13 months ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 082CGY
Memory	28.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '17 at 18:56
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Single core	Quad core	Multi core
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 111,049 User benchmarks, average bench 71% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	66.5% Good	SC Int 96.3 SC Float 94.6 SC Mixed 93.7 76% 94.9 Pts	QC Int 292 QC Float 330 QC Mixed 317 71% 313 Pts	MC Int 505 MC Float 565 MC Mixed 568 82% 546 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 19,934 User benchmarks, average bench 83% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.78 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	96% Outstanding	Lighting 292 Reflection 297 Parallax 288 90% 292 fps	MRender 198 Gravity 278 Splatting 233 101% 236 fps
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 96% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 405 User benchmarks, average bench 156% 365GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s SYSTEM 4KALIGNED Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,639 Write 877 Mixed 1,155 270% 1,224 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 47.9 183% 68.3 MB/s	DQ Read 344 DQ Write 361 DQ Mixed 30.5 112% 245 MB/s
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 198%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 154,262 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 917GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s NCQ 7200 RPM 4KALIGNED S.M.A.R.T Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 94 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 40 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 936 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 171800002595 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 11 (F1) Unknown 100 100 168239204 (F2) Unknown 100 100 197449270 (FE) Unknown 100 100 7	75.5% Very good	Read 135 Write 128 Mixed 130 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.21 81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 971 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	77.7% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 25.3 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 77 52% 77 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 82%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 71%, 111,049 samples	1,335x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 64%, 118,258 samples	850x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 77%, 3,338 samples	425x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 83%, 19,934 samples	1,391x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 58%, 24,731 samples	973x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 7%, 72,533 samples	517x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 136%, 7,268 samples	632x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 62%, 3,533 samples	263x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $103Bench 220%, 102,205 samples	152x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 72%, 5,059 samples	1,001x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 6,210 samples	425x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 78%, 717 samples	209x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i7-8700K $320	Nvidia GTX 1070 $413	Samsung 850 Evo 250GB $104
AMD Ryzen 5 1600 $160	Nvidia GTX 1060-6GB $250	Samsung 850 Evo 500GB $125
Intel Core i5-8600K $222	AMD RX 480 $280	Samsung 850 Pro 256GB $125

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $44	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $177	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $44
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $951	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $30
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $59	HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB $226	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $12