Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	119% 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	113% 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

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 19 '20 at 16:07
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Memory 85.7 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 563 56% 457 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 65.2 Parallax 60.6 52% 63.4 fps	MRender 68.7 Gravity 61.2 Splatting 67.2 54% 65.7 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 52%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 3752) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing below potential (27^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 159 Reflection 187 Parallax 183 130% 177 fps	MRender 121 Gravity 170 Splatting 123 112% 138 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 205 135 134 132 130 129 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 838 Write 284 Mixed 291 SusWrite 144 85% 390 MB/s	4K Read 33.6 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 39.8 157% 59 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 438 347% 494 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 142%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 339GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 98 97 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 140 Write 131 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 97.9 72% 99.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.6 131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 110%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.5 66% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 71.5 56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 82%

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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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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,109x
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	951x
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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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