Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 48%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics69.6% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive126% 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.
High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory8.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171024
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateFeb 16 '19 at 06:02
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 27%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th 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 way above expectations (96th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 84.5
1-Core 94.9
2-Core 170
69% 116 Pts
4-Core 333
8-Core 569
55% 451 Pts
64-Core 567
35% 567 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 73.1%
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: 389.12
Performing below potential (27th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
69.6% Good
Lighting 83.1
Reflection 107
Parallax 86.7
68% 92.3 fps
MRender 87
Gravity 85.7
Splatting 93.3
73% 88.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 69.6%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
136GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 252 269 244 251 254 266 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 984
Write 262
Mixed 794
SusWrite 256
127% 574 MB/s
4K Read 33.1
4K Write 75.4
4K Mixed 48.9
153% 52.5 MB/s
DQ Read 515
DQ Write 532
DQ Mixed 362
317% 470 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 126%
Great: 167%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
682GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 125 124 127 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 146
Write 136
Mixed 31
SusWrite 126
79% 110 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69.9% Good
MC Read 27.2
MC Write 27.5
MC Mixed 21.7
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 20.4
SC Mixed 19
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 69.9%
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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