Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 47% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	50.5% 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	114% 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.

Very high background CPU (43%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	10.4 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	20170911
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '17 at 10:24
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	43%

PC Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	33.2% Below average	Memory 49.7 1-Core 29.6 2-Core 54.2 29% 44.5 Pts	4-Core 95.7 8-Core 111 14% 103 Pts	64-Core 111 7% 111 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.31 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	50.5% Above average	Lighting 47.8 Reflection 72.8 Parallax 87.6 39% 69.4 fps	MRender 89.9 Gravity 82.3 Splatting 92.9 73% 88.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB 2,332 User benchmarks, average bench 129% 482GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 1,439 Write 557 Mixed 694 196% 897 MB/s	4K Read 18.5 4K Write 39.4 4K Mixed 14 67% 24 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 67.5 DQ Mixed 21.8 24% 37.6 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 173%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB 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 119 119 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1864 (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 92 92 3658 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 584 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 38081 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 201864183842 (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 100 100 303 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11971632033 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17978764263 (FE) Unknown 100 100 4	74% Very good	Read 142 Write 116 Mixed 142 101% 133 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.21 80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 75%

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 way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	42.4% Average	MC Read 13.4 MC Write 19 MC Mixed 18.2 48% 16.9 GB/s	SC Read 4.5 SC Write 5.1 SC Mixed 6.4 15% 5.33 GB/s	Latency 162 25% 162 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 42.4% Great: 78%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,108x
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	950x
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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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