Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way 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. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.6% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	132% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	12.2 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 26 '20 at 01:34
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way 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 i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 85 1-Core 103 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 398 53% 397 Pts	64-Core 396 24% 396 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.87 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.9 Reflection 23 Parallax 18.7 16% 20.5 fps	MRender 28.5 Gravity 19.9 Splatting 25.9 20% 24.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 194GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 702 736 739 764 641 211 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 901 Write 753 Mixed 622 SusWrite 632 163% 727 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 37.5 127% 45.8 MB/s	DQ Read 251 DQ Write 547 DQ Mixed 313 263% 370 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 917GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 121 121 124 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70.4% Very good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 123 70% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.4 95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471A1K43BB1-CRC 009C3523 M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	78% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.9 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.9 56% 71.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 78%

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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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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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	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 $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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