Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	35% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

Run History

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 13 '18 at 00:26
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 95.6 2-Core 165 69% 115 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 519 52% 423 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2088 MHz, MLim: 2102 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	35% Below average	Lighting 39.5 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 36.9 32% 37.5 fps	MRender 56.6 Gravity 39.5 Splatting 51.7 40% 49.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 35% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 33GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 129 103 105 99 104 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 469 Write 298 Mixed 340 SusWrite 109 68% 304 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 74.7 4K Mixed 38.3 133% 47.3 MB/s	DQ Read 203 DQ Write 122 DQ Mixed 130 105% 152 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 82%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 516GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 78 88 95 86 51 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.6% Poor	Read 4.5 Write 34.5 Mixed 4 SusWrite 74.1 21% 29.3 MB/s	4K Read 0 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.1 30% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 22.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.6 74% 25.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.4 SC Write 23.1 SC Mixed 20.8 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.7% 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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,108x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	950x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	622x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	175x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	121x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	106x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	547x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

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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