Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 11%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.38% 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 Drive148% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory20.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '18 at 07:00
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Memory 88.1
1-Core 84.8
2-Core 171
68% 115 Pts
4-Core 286
8-Core 455
46% 370 Pts
64-Core 461
28% 461 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0772) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.38% Terrible
Lighting 6.7
Reflection 114
Parallax 6.69
6% 42.3 fps
MRender 8.29
Gravity 5.97
Splatting 14
8% 9.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.38%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 507 571 569 567 569 569 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 920
Write 581
Mixed 445
SusWrite 559
140% 626 MB/s
4K Read 31.8
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 41.6
159% 60.7 MB/s
DQ Read 692
DQ Write 574
DQ Mixed 588
453% 618 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 148%
Great: 172%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 78 100 102 100 102 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
57.1% Above average
Read 101
Write 95.5
Mixed 53.7
SusWrite 97.2
64% 86.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.2
4K Mixed 0.3
132% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 57.1%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009C2B16 HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
70.5% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 26.9
MC Mixed 22.2
72% 25 GB/s
SC Read 13.7
SC Write 26.1
SC Mixed 21.5
58% 20.4 GB/s
Latency 69.4
58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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