Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.78% 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	233% 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.

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.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	26.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '18 at 05:03
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 88.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 207 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 403 8-Core 589 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.78% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 69.9 Parallax 6 6% 27.8 fps	MRender 6.86 Gravity 6.3 Splatting 14 8% 9.04 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.78% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 392GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 761 615 625 621 617 605 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 1887 Write 1,416 Mixed 831 SusWrite 641 265% 1,194 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 66.6 228% 82.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,157 DQ Write 1,000 DQ Mixed 993 768% 1,050 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 259%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB 1,239 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 1.5TB free Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 404 413 391 386 394 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	92.1% Outstanding	Read 427 Write 432 Mixed 359 SusWrite 397 91% 404 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 58.8 4K Mixed 32 116% 39.8 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 245 210% 310 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 92.1% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EC9D0B16 F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.3% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 29.3 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 77.3% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	367x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	213x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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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