Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.9% 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 Drive144% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0GY3V1
Memory12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161207
Uptime4 Days
Run DateMay 21 '17 at 23:48
Run Duration120 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 92.4
1-Core 134
2-Core 266
91% 164 Pts
4-Core 470
8-Core 718
74% 594 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0772) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7892
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 116
Parallax 90
87% 104 fps
MRender 93.7
Gravity 91.9
Splatting 99.4
78% 95 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
53GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,636
Write 398
Mixed 510
183% 848 MB/s
4K Read 41.9
4K Write 88
4K Mixed 35
155% 55 MB/s
DQ Read 38.5
DQ Write 298
DQ Mixed 26.3
62% 121 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 144%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
496GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
64.2% Good
Read 111
Write 113
Mixed 112
84% 112 MB/s
4K Read 0.67
4K Write 1.49
4K Mixed 0.2
78% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
MC Read 31.8
MC Write 33
MC Mixed 23.1
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 19.3
SC Write 35.3
SC Mixed 26.4
77% 27 GB/s
Latency 63.3
63% 63.3 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,991 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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