Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 05 '21 at 03:03
Run Duration	193 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 85.9 2-Core 193 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 582 61% 487 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.47% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 70.9 Parallax 8.1 6% 28.7 fps	MRender 9.4 Gravity 7.2 Splatting 11.3 8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.47% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN5256GPUK NV 500GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 309% 383GB free (System drive) Firmware: 102000WD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1093 759 651 691 762 833 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 1,540 Write 2,000 Mixed 1,563 SusWrite 798 333% 1,475 MB/s	4K Read 45.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 67.2 235% 87.9 MB/s	DQ Read 936 DQ Write 769 DQ Mixed 863 643% 856 MB/s
Poor: 301% Great: 314%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 233GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 250 231 229 221 228 221 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 960 Write 679 Mixed 422 SusWrite 230 127% 573 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 33.9 165% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 736 DQ Write 349 DQ Mixed 360 316% 482 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 141%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ABD4162C HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	79.8% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 25.4 73% 25.5 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.8% Great: 85%

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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 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	369x
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	188x
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 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $160	Nvidia RTX 4070 $515	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $29

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16