Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 86% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	92.3% 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	254% 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	12.6 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 05 '20 at 23:37
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 242 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 472 8-Core 653 71% 562 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% 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: 1873 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	92.3% Outstanding	Lighting 115 Reflection 140 Parallax 112 94% 122 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 115 Splatting 106 90% 110 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 92.3% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 EVO Plus 500GB 141 User benchmarks, average bench 233% 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 552 326 331 330 330 331 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	254% Outstanding	Read 2,463 Write 1,471 Mixed 870 SusWrite 367 285% 1,293 MB/s	4K Read 59.4 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 81.9 283% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 967 DQ Write 1,072 DQ Mixed 992 754% 1,010 MB/s
Poor: 145% ↑ This bench: 254% Great: 285%
Samsung 970 EVO 250GB 612 User benchmarks, average bench 277% 109GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,560 Write 2,354 Mixed 1,670 488% 2,195 MB/s	4K Read 70.7 4K Write 189 4K Mixed 98.5 334% 120 MB/s	DQ Read 1,335 DQ Write 1,241 DQ Mixed 1259 953% 1,278 MB/s
Poor: 208% Great: 332%
PNY CS900 120GB-$15 42,924 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 112GB free Firmware: CS900613 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 262 76 74 74 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 473 Write 338 Mixed 346 SusWrite 135 72% 323 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 90.8 4K Mixed 35.8 153% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 248 DQ Write 321 DQ Mixed 193 171% 254 MB/s
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 86% 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	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.8 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 24.7 70% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 64.4 62% 64.4 ns
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 80%

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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	1,115x
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	952x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	627x
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	548x
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 i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16