Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	222% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 16 '18 at 05:41
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	24%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 102 2-Core 191 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 370 8-Core 529 56% 449 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.5 Reflection 116 Parallax 98.1 81% 104 fps	MRender 89.4 Gravity 94.6 Splatting 99.8 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	222% Outstanding	Read 2,396 Write 1,123 Mixed 1,366 358% 1,628 MB/s	4K Read 50.4 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 29.9 174% 64.4 MB/s	DQ Read 49.1 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 27.9 57% 109 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 222% Great: 259%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 908GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 143 143 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 549 (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 100 100 221 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 169 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4983 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389871646 (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 16 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1151040923 (F2) Unknown 100 100 270310892 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 129 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.58 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3E1 2x16GB 761 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 24.7 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.3 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.2 57% 20 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 82%

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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	1,108x
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	950x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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