Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	121% 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	21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	10 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 19:34
Run Duration	139 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 111 2-Core 219 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 613 64% 515 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.7% Very good	Lighting 97.6 Reflection 119 Parallax 90.8 80% 102 fps	MRender 92.8 Gravity 95.5 Splatting 103 80% 97 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 300 298 300 300 299 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 902 Write 304 Mixed 386 SusWrite 299 104% 473 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 35.4 149% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 676 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 413 327% 465 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 462GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 110 112 114 114 114 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Read 127 Write 94 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 112 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 75%
WD Elements 25A1 4TB 8,402 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2TB free, PID 25a1 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 38 38 38 38 38 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	17.6% Very poor	Read 37 Write 30.5 Mixed 25.2 SusWrite 37.9 44% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 52% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 17.6% Great: 61%

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 (60^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.7 MC Mixed 24.9 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 29.9 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 82%

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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	1,109x
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