Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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.
Graphics121% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Memory16GB 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 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
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180509
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 15 '18 at 02:26
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79.7% Very good
Memory 87.3
1-Core 105
2-Core 197
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 392
8-Core 546
59% 469 Pts
64-Core 546
34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards 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)
6.02% Terrible
Lighting 6.1
Reflection 9.62
Parallax 6.09
5% 7.27 fps
MRender 7.81
Gravity 5.93
Splatting 14
8% 9.25 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.02%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.7
Performing below potential (33rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 161
Reflection 190
Parallax 188
132% 180 fps
MRender 122
Gravity 176
Splatting 125
114% 141 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
98GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,982
Write 1731
Mixed 677
323% 1,463 MB/s
4K Read 39.2
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 54.2
195% 72.7 MB/s
DQ Read 869
DQ Write 768
DQ Mixed 716
565% 784 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
146GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 439 451 434 416 426 442 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 421
Mixed 374
SusWrite 435
95% 420 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 82.7
4K Mixed 48.5
162% 56 MB/s
DQ Read 359
DQ Write 309
DQ Mixed 330
248% 332 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 110%
Great: 131%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.5% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 30.6
MC Mixed 22.2
78% 27.4 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 23.5
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 70.2
57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 78%

 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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