Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	25.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	77% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Jun 02 '20 at 08:46
Run Duration	149 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 89 1-Core 104 2-Core 168 72% 120 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 542 53% 435 Pts	64-Core 486 30% 486 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0772) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4587 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	25.1% Poor	Lighting 13.3 Reflection 15.4 Parallax 46.8 11% 25.2 fps	MRender 66.5 Gravity 58.1 Splatting 67.7 53% 64.1 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$122 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 127GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 346 318 371 309 139 120 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77% Very good	Read 452 Write 384 Mixed 363 SusWrite 267 82% 367 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 28.8 4K Mixed 30.5 108% 31.6 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 57 DQ Mixed 99.8 101% 173 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 133%
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6 SATA 180GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 36GB free Firmware: LSFD43N SusWrite @10s intervals: 206 112 79 80 81 83 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 442 Write 326 Mixed 334 SusWrite 107 67% 302 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 29.9 4K Mixed 26.3 93% 28.3 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 47.2 DQ Mixed 99.1 90% 143 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 84%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	75.5% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 28.4 SC Mixed 22.2 63% 22.2 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 78%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,112x
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	625x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $539	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 $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16