Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 95% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 75% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (94th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 6 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.2% 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	258% 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	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.

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	12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 02 '20 at 09:23
Run Duration	176 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (94^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 130 2-Core 240 88% 154 Pts	4-Core 460 8-Core 727 73% 594 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q) 3,293 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1898 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 116 Reflection 140 Parallax 112 94% 123 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 116 Splatting 108 91% 112 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 115GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,646 Write 2,473 Mixed 1877 519% 2332 MB/s	4K Read 70.8 4K Write 190 4K Mixed 97.1 332% 119 MB/s	DQ Read 1,336 DQ Write 1,190 DQ Mixed 1,240 936% 1,255 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 649 336 334 323 312 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 1,462 Mixed 1,298 SusWrite 376 309% 1,400 MB/s	4K Read 63.6 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 85.9 294% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 978 DQ Write 1,068 DQ Mixed 1,013 765% 1,019 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 280%
PNY CS900 120GB-$25 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 139 74 73 76 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.5% Excellent	Read 507 Write 373 Mixed 337 SusWrite 141 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 40.9 4K Write 87.3 4K Mixed 35.6 154% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 190 167% 247 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 87.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009C0B16 TS1GSH64V4H 16GB 4 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	80.3% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 23.3 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.6 74% 25.8 GB/s	Latency 63.8 63% 63.8 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 80%

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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	1,111x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	624x
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 $269	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 $177	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