Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 42% Speed boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 35% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	53.3% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 23 '18 at 18:37
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (84^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 103 2-Core 189 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 351 8-Core 550 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 518 32% 518 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.4% Great: 73%

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: 385.14 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.3% Above average	Lighting 64.2 Reflection 71.9 Parallax 66.4 52% 67.5 fps	MRender 70.6 Gravity 60.3 Splatting 70.1 55% 67 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB 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 149 149 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 48 (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 9 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 44 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 16 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 339 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 184684904480 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 8 (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 365443245 (F2) Unknown 100 100 142419603 (FE) Unknown 100 100 7	76.5% Very good	Read 148 Write 119 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.2 88% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 75%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 9 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 43 (64) Unknown 100 100 68800 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 13 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 2 (B2) Unknown 100 100 37 (B3) Unknown 100 100 156 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2484 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 45 0 94492753965 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 88 1 811 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 550815200 (F1) Unknown 100 100 419764691 (F2) Unknown 100 100 283649168 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 119349
Poor: 41% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70.1% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 22.7 72% 25.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 22.9 SC Mixed 17.1 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 78%

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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	1,109x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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