Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics77.5% 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 Drive116% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJan 25 '18 at 04:08
Run Duration135 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
81.6% Excellent
Memory 91.4
1-Core 116
2-Core 221
82% 143 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 618
62% 503 Pts
64-Core 618
38% 618 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 81.6%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.71
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
77.5% Very good
Lighting 95.6
Reflection 112
Parallax 94.6
78% 101 fps
MRender 89.7
Gravity 88.4
Splatting 99.7
77% 92.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
150GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
116% Outstanding
Read 1,449
Write 414
Mixed 635
181% 833 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 87.8
4K Mixed 13.3
104% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 33.3
DQ Write 96.1
DQ Mixed 13.5
25% 47.6 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 116%
Great: 142%
Seagate BUP Slim WH 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0304
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
42.2% Average
Read 65.4
Write 80.8
Mixed 68.7
54% 71.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 2.86
4K Mixed 0.43
132% 1.35 MB/s
Poor: 13%
This bench: 42.2%
Great: 68%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
571GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (67th percentile)
65.9% Good
Read 113
Write 116
Mixed 111
86% 114 MB/s
4K Read 0.56
4K Write 1.47
4K Mixed 0.15
67% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 65.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
79.1% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 22.9
79% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 24.3
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 65.1
62% 65.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 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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