Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 99% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	119% 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	159% 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.

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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit cores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170504
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '17 at 13:10
Run Duration	83 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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)	81.2% Excellent	Memory 85.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 223 81% 142 Pts	4-Core 415 8-Core 598 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 603 37% 603 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% MSI(1462 3602) CLim: 1974 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 382.53 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	119% Outstanding	Lighting 156 Reflection 194 Parallax 193 128% 181 fps	MRender 125 Gravity 185 Splatting 125 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 119% Great: 133%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,636 Write 765 Mixed 742 230% 1,048 MB/s	4K Read 23.4 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 30.9 142% 60.3 MB/s	DQ Read 45 DQ Write 142 DQ Mixed 32.4 42% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 141%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.1 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 102%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	368x
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	187x
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 $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16