Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 92% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 76% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	115% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '20 at 06:51
Run Duration	242 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (50^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)	78.1% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 554 56% 456 Pts	64-Core 555 34% 555 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Nvidia(10DE 120F) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 432.00 Performing below potential (17^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	115% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 180 Parallax 181 128% 172 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 161 Splatting 112 103% 127 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 115% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme A400 SanDis 512GB 505 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 413GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3582012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 363 344 300 277 321 245 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 897 Write 572 Mixed 385 SusWrite 308 120% 541 MB/s	4K Read 41.7 4K Write 53.2 4K Mixed 35.2 136% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 660 DQ Write 106 DQ Mixed 177 182% 315 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 157%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 510GB 1,017 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 425GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1641 1485 1388 1476 1380 1001 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 52% Great: 115%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 1TB 13,039 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 918GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 367 358 363 340 367 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	68.6% Good	Read 418 Write 394 Mixed 337 SusWrite 362 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 30 4K Mixed 21.8 79% 25 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 65.5 DQ Mixed 125 91% 123 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 99%

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 (77^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 22.1 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 28.8 SC Mixed 23.6 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.8% 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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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	366x
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	212x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
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 $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 $182	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