Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 79.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics80% 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 Drive144% 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
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory19.8 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 13 '18 at 05:54
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 87.6
1-Core 119
2-Core 224
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 387
8-Core 649
63% 518 Pts
64-Core 642
40% 642 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0771) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
80% Excellent
Lighting 99.3
Reflection 117
Parallax 90.4
81% 102 fps
MRender 91.7
Gravity 92.4
Splatting 100
78% 94.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
402GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 572 491 100 196 191 148 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 958
Write 577
Mixed 481
SusWrite 283
127% 575 MB/s
4K Read 38.7
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 45.1
183% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 895
DQ Write 591
DQ Mixed 601
487% 696 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 144%
Great: 172%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB
1TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 107 106 103 106 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
55.5% Above average
Read 87
Write 102
Mixed 77
SusWrite 105
69% 92.9 MB/s
4K Read 2.2
4K Write 3.5
4K Mixed 0.8
245% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 55.5%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009C2B16 HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
75% Very good
MC Read 27.9
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 22.7
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 22.5
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75%
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 1,991 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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HDDRAMUSB
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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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