Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 104% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 87% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 93.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	212% 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 12 '20 at 21:04
Run Duration	209 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	93.7% Outstanding	Memory 94.6 1-Core 133 2-Core 274 93% 167 Pts	4-Core 502 8-Core 710 76% 606 Pts	64-Core 725 45% 725 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 93.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6183) CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 442.50 Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 140 Reflection 142 Parallax 133 114% 139 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 139 Splatting 116 102% 125 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 152GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 580 317 316 316 315 313 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	212% Outstanding	Read 2,062 Write 1,491 Mixed 603 SusWrite 360 249% 1,129 MB/s	4K Read 43.4 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 53.3 213% 82.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,050 DQ Write 893 DQ Mixed 784 639% 909 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 212% Great: 236%
Crucial MX200 500GB-$90 17,487 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 403GB free Firmware: MU04 SusWrite @10s intervals: 414 461 459 468 469 469 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 412 Write 448 Mixed 309 SusWrite 456 92% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.1 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.5 155% 59.8 MB/s	DQ Read 257 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 159 159% 252 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 105%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 185GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 349 235 230 229 227 230 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,160 Write 796 Mixed 829 SusWrite 250 169% 759 MB/s	4K Read 45 4K Write 144 4K Mixed 64.4 227% 84.3 MB/s	DQ Read 837 DQ Write 678 DQ Mixed 744 561% 753 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 141%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ABD4162C HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 26.6 85% 29.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.9 SC Write 33.9 SC Mixed 26.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	Latency 58.1 69% 58.1 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 85%

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

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	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