Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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. 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	18.7% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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

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

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	4.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '18 at 11:36
Run Duration	89 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 81 2-Core 162 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 321 43% 321 Pts	64-Core 320 20% 320 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 387.99 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	18.7% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 47.1 8% 22.9 fps	MRender 36.6 Gravity 51.4 Splatting 53 39% 47 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 18.7% Great: 52%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 882GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 203 203 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 120 (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 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 25 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 371 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 193274839076 (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 13 (F1) Unknown 100 100 938766578 (F2) Unknown 100 100 896588218 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 117 Mixed 121 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.64 4K Mixed 0.17 74% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CRC 1x8GB 42,779 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	43.6% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 12.2 42% 14.7 GB/s	SC Read 12.1 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13.9 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 43%

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

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Gaming 49%

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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	1,112x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16