Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 69.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.66% 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 Drive228% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 13 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory22.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180509
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateSep 17 '18 at 00:42
Run Duration192 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 2.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
69.2% Good
Memory 81.1
1-Core 98.3
2-Core 177
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 309
8-Core 464
48% 387 Pts
64-Core 452
28% 452 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 076E) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.66% Terrible
Lighting 6.03
Reflection 63.2
Parallax 6.53
5% 25.2 fps
MRender 7.1
Gravity 5.27
Splatting 12.2
7% 8.18 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.66%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234
833GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1400 1241 1227 644 603 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
228% Outstanding
Read 2,127
Write 1,877
Mixed 1,402
SusWrite 952
356% 1,590 MB/s
4K Read 44.3
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 62
202% 70.5 MB/s
DQ Read 522
DQ Write 439
DQ Mixed 484
362% 482 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 228%
Great: 371%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
249GB free
Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1299 1139 1132 1131 1118 839 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
214% Outstanding
Read 1657
Write 1,563
Mixed 870
SusWrite 1,110
291% 1,300 MB/s
4K Read 40.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 53.2
184% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 566
DQ Write 482
DQ Mixed 535
398% 527 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 214%
Great: 302%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
74.7% Very good
MC Read 26.5
MC Write 29.4
MC Mixed 24.5
77% 26.8 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 21.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 78.5
51% 78.5 ns
Poor: 62%
This bench: 74.7%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 13 R3 Builds (Compare 488 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

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HDDRAMUSB
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