Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 33% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	244% 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 (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Apr 18 '18 at 18:46
Run Duration	108 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.9% Excellent	Memory 90.5 1-Core 127 2-Core 237 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 692 70% 570 Pts	64-Core 705 44% 705 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q) 3,293 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1885 MHz, MLim: 2652 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.3% Below average	Lighting 38.9 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 36.2 32% 40 fps	MRender 55.2 Gravity 38.7 Splatting 50.4 40% 48.1 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 387GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	244% Outstanding	Read 2,310 Write 1,203 Mixed 1,344 356% 1,619 MB/s	4K Read 46.8 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 58.8 216% 79.2 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 118 130% 218 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 244% Great: 215%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 150 150 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 97 (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 100 100 45 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 81 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 720 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914314272 (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 3 (F1) Unknown 100 100 87452945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 38097201 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	75.7% Very good	Read 137 Write 127 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GB 18,486 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 32.4 MC Mixed 24 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 32.4 SC Mixed 27.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 66.5 60% 66.5 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

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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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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