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Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 51%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
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PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (32nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 68 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics69.1% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive172% 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.
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.
Very high background CPU (36%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory7.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateDec 09 '18 at 16:29
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 36%

 PC Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
68% Good
Memory 75.2
1-Core 94.2
2-Core 183
67% 117 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 532
53% 430 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑
This bench: 68%
 Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.22
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.1% Good
Lighting 86.6
Reflection 109
Parallax 79.2
71% 91.6 fps
MRender 59.4
Gravity 83.7
Splatting 92.6
66% 78.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑
This bench: 69.1%
 Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Cx2-8b256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB
173GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 731 766 728 725 744 724 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,122
Write 782
Mixed 589
SusWrite 736
180% 807 MB/s
4K Read 32.1
4K Write 103
4K Mixed 47.2
164% 60.8 MB/s
DQ Read 824
DQ Write 613
DQ Mixed 598
480% 678 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑
This bench: 172%
 Great: 208%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
109GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 73 60 69 76 77 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
25.7% Poor
Read 17.7
Write 86.8
Mixed 22.5
SusWrite 71.8
36% 49.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
38% 0.27 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑
This bench: 25.7%
 Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (8th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
58.6% Above average
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 23.2
MC Mixed 19.7
62% 21.7 GB/s
SC Read 11
SC Write 16.4
SC Mixed 12.8
38% 13.4 GB/s
Latency 90
44% 90 ns
Poor: 51% ↑
This bench: 58.6%
 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
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples1,108x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples242x
GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples950x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples622x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples175x
SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples121x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples106x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba  $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples76x
RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples547x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples100x
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HDDRAMUSB
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