Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 81.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	82.2% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 22 '17 at 15:13
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.3% Excellent	Memory 86.1 1-Core 112 2-Core 208 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 412 8-Core 597 63% 504 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0774) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8569 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 112 Parallax 87.9 88% 103 fps	MRender 86.3 Gravity 84.4 Splatting 90.9 72% 87.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 123GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 1,064 Write 387 Mixed 574 148% 675 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 46.7 4K Mixed 13.2 69% 25.9 MB/s	DQ Read 433 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 21.6 104% 241 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 137%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 864GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 196 196 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 646 (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 100 100 257 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 182 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3343 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 184684904476 (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 15 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1301033365 (F2) Unknown 100 100 721388207 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	74% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 125 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.66 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$7 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	43.7% Average	Read 138 Write 77.8 Mixed 94.4 123% 103 MB/s	4K Read 2.96 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 1.32 122% 2.08 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 38%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 2,972 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.3% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,109x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	622x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	175x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	121x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	106x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	547x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

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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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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