Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 71% Battleship	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 82.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	78.6% 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	133% 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.

Very high background CPU (76%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jan 25 '20 at 20:40
Run Duration	218 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	76%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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)	82.8% Excellent	Memory 93.2 1-Core 118 2-Core 220 83% 143 Pts	4-Core 390 8-Core 601 61% 496 Pts	64-Core 600 37% 600 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 82.8% 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)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 95.9 Reflection 116 Parallax 88.4 78% 100 fps	MRender 93.9 Gravity 95.2 Splatting 100 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 131GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 216 224 243 156 248 241 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 1,154 Write 606 Mixed 871 SusWrite 221 158% 713 MB/s	4K Read 47.4 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 35.7 182% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 586 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 399 308% 428 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 167%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 465GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 1195 821 820 828 828 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	303% Outstanding	Read 2,621 Write 1,670 Mixed 1,594 SusWrite 972 381% 1,714 MB/s	4K Read 68.3 4K Write 161 4K Mixed 92.9 308% 107 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 904 DQ Mixed 945 711% 951 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 303% Great: 355%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 720GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 122 122 122 123 122 124 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 116 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 122 69% 96.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 8GB 30,139 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 7GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3.6 3.9 3.8 4 4.2 4.2 MB/s Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	11.6% Very poor	Read 33.8 Write 7.7 Mixed 5.2 SusWrite 3.9 12% 12.7 MB/s	4K Read 4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 1.7 127% 2.43 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.6% Great: 13%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 10,266 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	92.4% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 31.1 94% 33 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37.1 SC Mixed 26.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	Latency 61.6 65% 61.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.4% Great: 92%

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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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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