Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	112% 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	117% 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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	22.7 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	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '20 at 12:32
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (60^th 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 85.3 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 554 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
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 (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 172 Parallax 177 118% 165 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 165 Splatting 115 107% 132 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 15GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 220 131 113 124 174 109 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 999 Write 256 Mixed 303 SusWrite 145 92% 426 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 39 158% 59.5 MB/s	DQ Read 598 DQ Write 330 DQ Mixed 326 279% 418 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 142%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 64,984 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 226GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 116 118 118 116 116 116 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Read 130 Write 129 Mixed 28.3 SusWrite 116 73% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 110%
Seagate Expansion 2TB 49,966 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 124 125 125 132 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Read 106 Write 130 Mixed 101 SusWrite 122 85% 115 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 3.3 4K Mixed 0.8 217% 1.9 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 67%

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 (78^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.3 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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