Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 48% Yacht	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 41% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 79.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	155% 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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '17 at 21:03
Run Duration	151 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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)	79.1% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 205 77% 133 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 558 57% 462 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0774) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.14 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	53.5% Above average	Lighting 65.1 Reflection 73.2 Parallax 59.9 53% 66.1 fps	MRender 67.7 Gravity 60 Splatting 69.6 54% 65.8 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119 20,782 User benchmarks, average bench 128% 334GB free (System drive) Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,521 Write 541 Mixed 788 208% 950 MB/s	4K Read 32.2 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 44.3 156% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 404 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 123 138% 240 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 144%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 769GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 690 (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 99 99 740 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 160 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5825 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 244813856796 (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 22 (F1) Unknown 100 100 963332873 (F2) Unknown 100 100 360189735 (FE) Unknown 100 100 4	70.5% Very good	Read 127 Write 119 Mixed 126 94% 124 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.25 4K Mixed 0.16 69% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.5% Great: 75%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 75GB free Firmware: 30001P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 354 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 262 (64) Unknown 100 100 985684 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 45 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 30 (B2) Unknown 100 100 42 (B3) Unknown 100 100 142 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2498 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 37 37 4325413 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 91 9 414 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8098276832 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1616959798 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2367727743 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 800759
Poor: 41% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 27.4 SC Mixed 22 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 78%

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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 $300	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