Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics125% 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 Drive237% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough 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.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 05 '21 at 21:13
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
71.9% Very good
Memory 75.5
1-Core 113
2-Core 214
75% 134 Pts
4-Core 367
8-Core 565
58% 466 Pts
64-Core 566
35% 566 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing below potential (59th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
125% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 262
Parallax 164
136% 198 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 186
Splatting 130
122% 151 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 125%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
456GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1263 1089 1105 1075 1061 1057 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
237% Outstanding
Read 1,905
Write 1,718
Mixed 633
SusWrite 1,108
299% 1,341 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 55.4
196% 74.2 MB/s
DQ Read 816
DQ Write 670
DQ Mixed 749
559% 745 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 237%
Great: 302%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130
299GB free
Firmware: RVT04B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 415 432 452 454 437 444 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 480
Write 432
Mixed 425
SusWrite 439
100% 444 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 109
4K Mixed 55.3
190% 68.2 MB/s
DQ Read 373
DQ Write 336
DQ Mixed 65.6
128% 258 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
87.1% Excellent
MC Read 31.7
MC Write 35
MC Mixed 28.1
90% 31.6 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 35.2
SC Mixed 25.9
75% 26.4 GB/s
Latency 89.3
45% 89.3 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 87.1%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 15 R3

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