Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 97% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	162% 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	81.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Alienware 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 11 '21 at 04:40
Run Duration	183 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	21%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (57^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 (96^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 92.3 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 533 54% 439 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% Nvidia(10DE 12A4) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2160 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 461.72 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	162% Outstanding	Lighting 217 Reflection 204 Parallax 232 177% 218 fps	MRender 261 Gravity 224 Splatting 179 177% 221 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 174%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.88% Terrible	Lighting 6.4 Reflection 7 Parallax 7.2 5% 6.87 fps	MRender 9.2 Gravity 6.5 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 59GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 93 93 84 86 106 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	81.8% Excellent	Read 728 Write 67.5 Mixed 401 SusWrite 92.5 70% 322 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 44.1 110% 47.7 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 146 136% 212 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 141%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 74GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,786 Write 1,647 Mixed 752 309% 1,395 MB/s	4K Read 38.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 50.1 178% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 932 DQ Write 737 DQ Mixed 698 560% 789 MB/s
Poor: 153% Great: 254%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 500GB 14,526 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 126GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 421 414 391 388 379 363 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	66.8% Good	Read 424 Write 376 Mixed 368 SusWrite 393 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 26.9 4K Mixed 23.2 74% 23.3 MB/s	DQ Read 60.3 DQ Write 56.1 DQ Mixed 25.8 28% 47.4 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 66.8% Great: 97%
WD Elements 2621 2TB 11,378 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 2621 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 102 102 101 98 102 100 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 91 Write 98 Mixed 69.5 SusWrite 101 123% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 0.3 159% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 64%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MIB 2x8GB 965 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.4% Good	MC Read 26.8 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 21.3 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 19.2 SC Mixed 20 48% 16.8 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 78%

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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