Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 90% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 78% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	117% 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	155% 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 (18%). 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.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	26.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170224
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 24 '17 at 13:45
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (67^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 (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 199 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 587 56% 466 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2802 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 378.92 Performing below potential (22^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	117% Outstanding	Lighting 150 Reflection 199 Parallax 195 122% 181 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 186 Splatting 127 119% 148 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 212GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,778 Write 679 Mixed 935 248% 1,130 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 14.4 119% 49 MB/s	DQ Read 34 DQ Write 350 DQ Mixed 14.4 64% 133 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 172%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 192GB free Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	268% Outstanding	Read 2,606 Write 1,460 Mixed 1,415 402% 1,827 MB/s	4K Read 52.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 53.1 218% 79.3 MB/s	DQ Read 43.4 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 178 145% 195 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 268% Great: 302%
Lacie 2Big Quadra v3 10TB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 9.5TB free Firmware: 051E Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	69.1% Good	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 114 89% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.48 4K Write 0.93 4K Mixed 0.39 122% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 70%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial BLS16G4S240FSD.16FAD 2x16GB 326 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 26.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 84%

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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	367x
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	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 $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