Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 95%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 79%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 75.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics121% 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 Drive229% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (34%). 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.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 13 '20 at 23:55
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 34%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 (99th percentile)
75.6% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 96
2-Core 186
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 340
8-Core 520
53% 430 Pts
64-Core 535
33% 535 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00
Performing below potential (40th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 184
Parallax 186
135% 179 fps
MRender 123
Gravity 167
Splatting 118
110% 136 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 973 841 918 926 916 900 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,865
Write 1,609
Mixed 817
SusWrite 912
290% 1,301 MB/s
4K Read 45
4K Write 127
4K Mixed 60.2
212% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 815
DQ Write 667
DQ Mixed 758
563% 746 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 229%
Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
21GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 184 204 233 238 237 237 MB/s
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
83.2% Excellent
Read 232
Write 233
Mixed 234
SusWrite 222
52% 230 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 85.7
4K Mixed 49.9
166% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 199
DQ Write 187
DQ Mixed 193
145% 193 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 83.2%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
87.9% Excellent
MC Read 32.1
MC Write 35.3
MC Mixed 28.1
91% 31.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 33.6
SC Mixed 24.7
71% 24.9 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 87.9%
Great: 89%

 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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