Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 82.3%, 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.
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, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '20 at 18:51
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Memory 88 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 574 62% 496 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 83%

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: 441.20 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.6% Very good	Lighting 97.2 Reflection 115 Parallax 89.9 79% 101 fps	MRender 91.7 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 98.4 78% 94.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 29GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,782 Write 1,330 Mixed 504 265% 1,205 MB/s	4K Read 41.6 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 58.1 206% 76.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,025 DQ Write 768 DQ Mixed 884 664% 892 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 164GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 91 92 92 92 92 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	52.3% Above average	Read 91 Write 86 Mixed 20 SusWrite 91.2 52% 72.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009D3616 CT8G4SFS824A.C8FAD1 16GB 37 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 28.7 SC Mixed 22.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 77%

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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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Gaming 49%

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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	1,113x
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	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	626x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16