Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.99% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 21 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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 (99^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 198 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 586 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 595 37% 595 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.99% Terrible	Lighting 7.2 Reflection 69 Parallax 7 6% 27.7 fps	MRender 11.1 Gravity 6.53 Splatting 14.7 9% 10.8 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.99% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 66GB free Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1410 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1450 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 54 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1055 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8297139241 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7614297389	54.1% Above average	Read 505 Write 135 Mixed 213 62% 284 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 42.9 4K Mixed 11 72% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 41.4 DQ Mixed 29.3 42% 82.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 54.1% Great: 57%
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 51GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 253 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 75 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 60 (64) Unknown 100 100 34716 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 8 (AE) Unknown 100 100 17 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 1 2 (B2) Unknown 253 253 0 (B3) Unknown 253 253 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 395 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B8) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 21 (C2) HDA temperature 41 13 55837589545 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C4) Reallocation count 253 253 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 69 1 3672 (D4) Unknown 100 100 103477 (E9) Unknown 1 1 100 (EA) Unknown 100 100 625146560 (F1) Unknown 100 100 764894894 (F2) Unknown 100 100 706313623	73.8% Very good	Read 512 Write 282 Mixed 342 84% 379 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 61.5 4K Mixed 28.9 103% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26.2 DQ Write 163 DQ Mixed 10.9 33% 66.8 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ED9D3616 BLS8G4S240FSD.16FBD2 2x8GB 12 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 31.2 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 24 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	367x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	213x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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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