Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 82.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.45% 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	167% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (68%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '18 at 22:45
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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)	82.1% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 118 2-Core 221 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 408 8-Core 603 63% 505 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.1% 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. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.45% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 62.7 Parallax 7.44 6% 25.9 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 7.1 Splatting 15.8 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.45% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 193GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 319 342 348 341 327 346 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,326 Write 1,058 Mixed 962 SusWrite 337 205% 921 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 123 4K Mixed 65.8 199% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 748 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 438 393% 597 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 193%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 4TB 10,285 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 3TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 41 42 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24.7% Poor	Read 43.8 Write 42.2 Mixed 33.1 SusWrite 42.1 30% 40.3 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.2 81% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 24.7% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 009C3523 M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	MC Read 30 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.3 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 25.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 78%

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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%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	366x
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	212x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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