Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 80% Battleship	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 73.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	132% 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	65.8% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

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

5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago, 5 days ago.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	10.5 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 02:26
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 385,191 User benchmarks, average bench 70% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	73.9% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 103 2-Core 203 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 546 57% 449 Pts	64-Core 542 36% 542 Pts
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 79%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$808 604,866 User benchmarks, average bench 136% Asus(1043 85E5) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 460.89 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	132% Outstanding	Lighting 163 Reflection 180 Parallax 185 131% 176 fps	MRender 128 Gravity 171 Splatting 118 132% 139 fps
Poor: 114% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 150%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$44 9,421 User benchmarks, average bench 86% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 281 181 197 200 103 75 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	65.8% Good	Read 459 Write 390 Mixed 295 SusWrite 173 73% 329 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 24.8 85% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 371 DQ Write 101 DQ Mixed 172 143% 215 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 103%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 17,499 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 39GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential bench incomplete		Read 926 Write 749 Mixed 733 178% 803 MB/s	4K Read 37.4 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 51.7 177% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 838 DQ Write 576 DQ Mixed 563 459% 659 MB/s
Poor: 69% Great: 144%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$197 111,916 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 28GB free Firmware: 2B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 270 277 280 232 281 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	51.3% Above average	Read 326 Write 284 Mixed 276 SusWrite 270 65% 289 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 18.5 64% 18.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.6 DQ Write 60.6 DQ Mixed 37.4 31% 43.2 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 51.3% Great: 134%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 6TB 6,684 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 3.5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 159 175 176 173 179 180 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	81.6% Excellent	Read 109 Write 123 Mixed 94.6 SusWrite 174 92% 125 MB/s	4K Read 5.6 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.7 380% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 81.6% Great: 89%
Seagate Expansion 1TB 38,466 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 65GB free Firmware: 0707 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 63 63 62 63 65 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 45.4 Write 61 Mixed 68.3 SusWrite 63.2 44% 59.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 3 4K Mixed 0.4 154% 1.57 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x8GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 21.9 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 104%

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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 38%

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Desktop 77%

Battleship

Workstation 32%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 70%, 385,191 samples	448x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 66%, 277,952 samples	87x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 68%, 129,801 samples	48x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 143,615 samples	274x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 218,507 samples	190x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 155,618 samples	48x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 111%, 17,499 samples	67x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 127%, 14,106 samples	42x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshiba $75Bench 138%, 25,779 samples	32x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 20,312 samples	116x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 3,940 samples	36x
HMA81GS6CJR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 13,707 samples	31x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i5-10400F $161	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $47	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16