Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	122% 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	123% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	7680 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '20 at 15:12
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 (100^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.3 1-Core 116 2-Core 225 81% 143 Pts	4-Core 385 8-Core 571 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp 8,552 User benchmarks, average bench 128% Nvidia(10DE 11DF) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2852 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	122% Outstanding	Lighting 168 Reflection 179 Parallax 163 137% 170 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 173 Splatting 117 109% 135 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 122% Great: 140%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 905GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 614 574 682 709 748 630 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 633 Write 657 Mixed 424 SusWrite 660 134% 593 MB/s	4K Read 21.4 4K Write 77.4 4K Mixed 30.4 112% 43.1 MB/s	DQ Read 539 DQ Write 491 DQ Mixed 385 324% 472 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 149%
Samsung 840 Evo 250GB-$95 217,115 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 220GB free Firmware: EXT0AB0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 241 243 244 243 243 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	97.5% Outstanding	Read 432 Write 408 Mixed 348 SusWrite 259 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 38.3 4K Write 78.9 4K Mixed 44.3 157% 53.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 227 206% 316 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 118%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4S240FSD.16FBD 2x16GB 1,212 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	83.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 27.2 85% 29.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 70.2 57% 70.2 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 83.4% Great: 84%

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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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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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) $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