Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.1% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	176% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170417
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 09 '17 at 01:16
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 (99^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 87.9 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 177 72% 121 Pts	4-Core 336 8-Core 593 56% 465 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.1% Terrible	Lighting 7.67 Reflection 69.4 Parallax 7.41 6% 28.2 fps	MRender 8.14 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 15.6 9% 9.99 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.1% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 931GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,960 Write 1,529 Mixed 1,575 444% 2,021 MB/s	4K Read 52.9 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 54.2 222% 81 MB/s	DQ Read 535 DQ Write 409 DQ Mixed 195 221% 380 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 302%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 439GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	176% Outstanding	Read 1,878 Write 761 Mixed 1,089 273% 1,243 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 17.5 120% 49.7 MB/s	DQ Read 488 DQ Write 415 DQ Mixed 20.9 133% 308 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 176% Great: 172%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.1 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 35.3 SC Mixed 26.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	Latency 69.6 58% 69.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% 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%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	367x
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	213x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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