Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.1% 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	63.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

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, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '21 at 02:13
Run Duration	177 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (48^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)	77% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 214 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 384 8-Core 572 60% 478 Pts	64-Core 586 36% 586 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Disable monitor sync before benchmarking (99 fps cap detected)	81.1% Excellent	Lighting 99.4 Reflection 99.2 Parallax 99.3 81% 99.3 fps	MRender 98.7 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 99.4 81% 99.1 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 233 197 131 88 63 79 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	63.3% Good	Read 456 Write 384 Mixed 300 SusWrite 132 71% 318 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 30.9 4K Mixed 25.4 86% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 370 DQ Write 97.3 DQ Mixed 172 142% 213 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 104%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 39GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 922 Write 759 Mixed 733 179% 805 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 99.7 4K Mixed 51.6 175% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 832 DQ Write 666 DQ Mixed 732 552% 743 MB/s
Poor: 66% Great: 141%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 28GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 253 273 276 224 272 229 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	48.8% Average	Read 327 Write 281 Mixed 286 SusWrite 254 65% 287 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 14.7 4K Mixed 16.3 59% 17 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 60.5 DQ Mixed 40.3 32% 44.1 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 48.8% Great: 133%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 10,357 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 164 171 171 157 162 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Read 141 Write 152 Mixed 72.5 SusWrite 164 97% 132 MB/s	4K Read 2 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.7 241% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 90%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 60,540 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 65GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 63 63 63 62 63 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	31.3% Below average	Read 45.4 Write 75 Mixed 85.2 SusWrite 62.7 50% 67.1 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.1 4K Mixed 0.4 144% 1.5 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 31.3% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 5,229 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30 MC Mixed 22.8 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23 68% 23.6 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 89%

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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	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