Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 54.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	5.44% 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	63.2% 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 (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GY3V1
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161112
Uptime	1.6 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 18:21
Run Duration	168 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	33%

PC Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	Memory 80.2 1-Core 91.4 2-Core 170 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 160 8-Core 285 27% 222 Pts	64-Core 450 28% 450 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0772) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.44% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 108 Parallax 5.16 5% 39.7 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 4.77 Splatting 12 7% 7.89 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.44% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 8GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6495 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 640 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 20 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5147 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 60 257699282989 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 9964363254032 (EE) Unknown 91 100 15240104 (F1) Unknown 253 253 21825091579 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13004174146	63.2% Good	Read 467 Write 182 Mixed 222 64% 290 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 40.7 4K Mixed 21.4 76% 26.7 MB/s	DQ Read 275 DQ Write 169 DQ Mixed 46.4 82% 164 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.2% Great: 87%
Seagate BUP Slim GD 2TB 487 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 19GB free Firmware: 0304 Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	49.9% Average	Read 99.6 Write 74.2 Mixed 51.8 56% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.18 4K Mixed 0.35 91% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 49.9% Great: 67%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 1GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 165 165 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1187 (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 86 86 6494 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 642 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 60 60 403886 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 206159413285 (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 89 89 4843 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27124994017 (F2) Unknown 100 100 41357147258 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	55% Above average	Read 98.1 Write 93.6 Mixed 66.3 64% 86 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.36 4K Mixed 0.17 61% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 55% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	59.7% Above average	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 22.1 MC Mixed 20 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 16 SC Mixed 16.4 39% 13.7 GB/s	Latency 80.3 50% 80.3 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 83%

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

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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