Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.21% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive54.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory7.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime1.2 Days
Run DateJan 27 '20 at 00:30
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing as expected (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 91
1-Core 95.6
2-Core 182
73% 123 Pts
4-Core 345
8-Core 581
56% 463 Pts
64-Core 569
35% 569 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.41
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
7.21% Terrible
Lighting 0.57
Reflection 23
Parallax 18.8
0% 14.1 fps
MRender 28.4
Gravity 19.9
Splatting 26
20% 24.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 7.21%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
12GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4152012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 29 37 35 32 37 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
54.5% Above average
Read 291
Write 115
Mixed 89.5
SusWrite 41.8
29% 134 MB/s
4K Read 23.5
4K Write 41.3
4K Mixed 27.6
93% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 319
DQ Write 197
DQ Mixed 186
158% 234 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 54.5%
Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
505GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 121 120 120 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
71.9% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 120
73% 102 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Spark 64GB
57GB free, PID 55a1
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.6 11 9.4 9.9 10 10 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
9.99% Terrible
Read 24.7
Write 12.3
Mixed 14.5
SusWrite 10
19% 15.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.9
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 3.1
158% 3 MB/s
Poor: 7%
This bench: 9.99%
Great: 18%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
73.4% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 22
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.4
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 21.5
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73.4%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,991 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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