Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	128% 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.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	5 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1600 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	5.8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '19 at 02:41
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 109 2-Core 218 80% 139 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 527 59% 463 Pts	64-Core 515 32% 515 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 83%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.72 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 115 Parallax 89.8 78% 100 fps	MRender 92.4 Gravity 94.2 Splatting 97.3 78% 94.6 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 399 405 406 404 244 157 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Read 871 Write 411 Mixed 490 SusWrite 336 117% 527 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 39.9 156% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 737 DQ Write 410 DQ Mixed 488 386% 545 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 426GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 96 98 99 99 98 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.2% Above average	Read 105 Write 102 Mixed 22.5 SusWrite 97.9 59% 81.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 1x8GB 968 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	45.6% Average	MC Read 18 MC Write 15.6 MC Mixed 11.7 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.1 SC Write 15.8 SC Mixed 14.5 41% 14.5 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 45.6% Great: 46%

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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	1,109x
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	951x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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