Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 91%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 76%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics124% 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 Drive242% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 13 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200723
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJan 21 '21 at 03:27
Run Duration196 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 15%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 81
1-Core 90.5
2-Core 189
69% 120 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 490
51% 409 Pts
64-Core 506
31% 506 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.09
Performing below potential (55th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
124% Outstanding
Lighting 168
Reflection 187
Parallax 193
137% 182 fps
MRender 133
Gravity 175
Splatting 124
116% 144 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 124%
Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 076E) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
5.03% Terrible
Lighting 5.5
Reflection 5.9
Parallax 5.9
4% 5.77 fps
MRender 7.1
Gravity 5.5
Splatting 9.1
6% 7.23 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.03%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$249
407GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 1010 1408 1391 1260 1365 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
242% Outstanding
Read 2,016
Write 1,501
Mixed 777
SusWrite 1,231
308% 1,381 MB/s
4K Read 39.5
4K Write 95.4
4K Mixed 51.3
176% 62.1 MB/s
DQ Read 564
DQ Write 860
DQ Mixed 700
533% 708 MB/s
Poor: 168%
This bench: 242%
Great: 363%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95
326GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1777 1648 1620 1614 1618 1615 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
280% Outstanding
Read 2,053
Write 1,778
Mixed 1,445
SusWrite 1,649
389% 1,731 MB/s
4K Read 50.4
4K Write 97
4K Mixed 65.2
211% 70.9 MB/s
DQ Read 586
DQ Write 825
DQ Mixed 724
542% 712 MB/s
Poor: 188%
This bench: 280%
Great: 410%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.7
MC Write 32.5
MC Mixed 23.5
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 32.9
SC Mixed 22.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 78.7
51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 13 R3 Builds (Compare 486 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

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