Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 65%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall 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!
ProcessorWith 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics86.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). 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.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit renk
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170512
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 22 '17 at 10:49
Run Duration84 Seconds
Run User TUR-User
Background CPU 12%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 128
2-Core 217
84% 146 Pts
4-Core 437
8-Core 705
70% 571 Pts
64-Core 702
44% 702 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 87%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 109
Reflection 131
Parallax 115
89% 119 fps
MRender 99.7
Gravity 108
Splatting 93.8
82% 100 fps
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST1500LM006 HN-M151RAD 1.5TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 99.4
Write 119
Mixed 122
86% 113 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.56
4K Mixed 0.29
86% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 67%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
MC Read 31.8
MC Write 32.8
MC Mixed 23.9
84% 29.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 25.9
75% 26.2 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 83%

 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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