Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 57%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.5% 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 Drive268% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateSep 14 '19 at 19:01
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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)
78.9% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 104
2-Core 208
77% 134 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 583
59% 477 Pts
64-Core 586
36% 586 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 78.9%
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: 436.15
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Lighting 97.1
Reflection 114
Parallax 90.3
79% 100 fps
MRender 92.3
Gravity 92.2
Splatting 97.5
77% 94 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
175GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 925 657 643 606 615 603 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
268% Outstanding
Read 2452
Write 2,166
Mixed 1,318
SusWrite 675
368% 1,653 MB/s
4K Read 59.6
4K Write 153
4K Mixed 85.1
280% 99.1 MB/s
DQ Read 981
DQ Write 887
DQ Mixed 930
699% 932 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 268%
Great: 340%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
67GB free
Firmware: X4152012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 117 95 86 85 90 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
62% Good
Read 378
Write 333
Mixed 148
SusWrite 97.3
53% 239 MB/s
4K Read 22.2
4K Write 45.9
4K Mixed 29.1
95% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 363
DQ Write 138
DQ Mixed 173
148% 225 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 62%
Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
185GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 86 90 92 93 92 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
66.4% Good
Read 141
Write 134
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 90.2
71% 98.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
73.8% Very good
MC Read 29.1
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 22.3
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 22.5
56% 19.7 GB/s
Latency 68.4
58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73.8%
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 1,994 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 15 R3

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