Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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.
Boot Drive212% 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.
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
5 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 13 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180817
Uptime4.2 Days
Run DateDec 29 '18 at 08:12
Run Duration129 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
79% Very good
Memory 90.2
1-Core 98.8
2-Core 202
75% 130 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 592
59% 479 Pts
64-Core 593
37% 593 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 79%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 172
Reflection 189
Parallax 170
140% 177 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 174
Splatting 128
116% 142 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
270GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 449 442 432 438 442 443 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,846
Write 1,100
Mixed 1,336
SusWrite 441
262% 1,181 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 143
4K Mixed 67.9
235% 86.2 MB/s
DQ Read 881
DQ Write 852
DQ Mixed 610
529% 781 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 212%
Great: 216%
WDC WDS200T2B0B-00YS70 2TB
827GB free
Firmware: X61130WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 408 430 429 447 449 449 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
85% Excellent
Read 276
Write 422
Mixed 338
SusWrite 436
84% 368 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 47.6
4K Mixed 31.1
103% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 316
DQ Mixed 276
225% 320 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 85%
Great: 119%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 31.9
MC Mixed 23.6
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.5
SC Mixed 24.9
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 81%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 13 R3 Builds (Compare 486 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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