Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 70% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 81.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.5% 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 Drive	338% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 24 '20 at 07:36
Run Duration	223 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Memory 87 1-Core 94.4 2-Core 214 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 413 8-Core 593 63% 503 Pts	64-Core 585 36% 585 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 73%

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: 441.87 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Lighting 96.1 Reflection 115 Parallax 89 78% 100 fps	MRender 93.2 Gravity 93.8 Splatting 100 79% 95.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 234GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1953 1972 1861 1776 835 715 MB/s Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	338% Outstanding	Read 2,696 Write 2,185 Mixed 1,279 SusWrite 1,519 429% 1,920 MB/s	4K Read 60 4K Write 179 4K Mixed 84.2 293% 108 MB/s	DQ Read 1,153 DQ Write 965 DQ Mixed 1042 785% 1,053 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 338% Great: 393%
Thnsn51t02duk TOSHIBA 1TB 431 User benchmarks, average bench 133% 754GB free Firmware: 5KHA SusWrite @10s intervals: 446 237 243 249 252 251 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	129% Outstanding	Read 982 Write 889 Mixed 552 SusWrite 280 151% 676 MB/s	4K Read 32.1 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 47.5 156% 55.8 MB/s	DQ Read 928 DQ Write 141 DQ Mixed 13.1 143% 361 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 129% Great: 179%
Kbg30zms256g NVMe TOSHIBA 256GB 7,395 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 173GB free Firmware: ADDA0105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 236 203 295 255 269 230 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	99.3% Outstanding	Read 528 Write 583 Mixed 288 SusWrite 248 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 30.9 163% 60.1 MB/s	DQ Read 421 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 206 189% 293 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 141%
Seagate ST1000LM035-1RK172 1TB 452,134 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 924GB free Firmware: SDM3 SusWrite @10s intervals: 136 138 136 136 135 140 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.5% Very good	Read 136 Write 123 Mixed 66 SusWrite 137 84% 116 MB/s	4K Read 1.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.8 199% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GB 4,237 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	80.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.8 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 31.8 SC Mixed 24.3 69% 24.3 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 82%

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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	1,108x
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	950x
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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $33	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