Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 95% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 80% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	114% 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	227% 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 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 12 '20 at 14:45
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Memory 90.9 1-Core 108 2-Core 216 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 382 8-Core 595 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Gigabyte(1458 3FF6) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3200 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	114% Outstanding	Lighting 158 Reflection 126 Parallax 126 129% 137 fps	MRender 153 Gravity 111 Splatting 97.7 96% 121 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 122GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 806 582 572 415 298 297 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 1995 Write 1,429 Mixed 927 SusWrite 495 269% 1,212 MB/s	4K Read 55.5 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 74.4 250% 87.8 MB/s	DQ Read 947 DQ Write 813 DQ Mixed 884 662% 881 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 259%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 299GB free Firmware: 4B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1916 1945 1955 1940 1950 1689 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	335% Outstanding	Read 2,498 Write 1,948 Mixed 1,060 SusWrite 1899 414% 1,851 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 70.9 246% 89.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1,014 DQ Write 944 DQ Mixed 935 714% 965 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 335% Great: 353%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
EC9D0B16 F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 118 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 33.2 SC Mixed 25.6 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 65.9 61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 84%

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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 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	369x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	213x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	188x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $550	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16