Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 57% Gunboat	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 48% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	74.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	126% 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	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 (30%). 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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	4.2 Days
Run Date	May 14 '21 at 14:28
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	30%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 85.5 1-Core 98.3 2-Core 188 72% 124 Pts	4-Core 305 8-Core 477 48% 391 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing below potential (63^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	74.5% Very good	Lighting 89.8 Reflection 115 Parallax 89.4 73% 98 fps	MRender 88.8 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 99.3 77% 93.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 74GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80002E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 170 145 123 136 128 120 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	126% Outstanding	Read 1,169 Write 246 Mixed 512 SusWrite 137 112% 516 MB/s	4K Read 37.8 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 46.1 177% 66 MB/s	DQ Read 493 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 309 251% 361 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 126% Great: 167%
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$82 74,184 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 89GB free Firmware: R0906I Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 829 509 502 511 515 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2,018 Write 1,489 Mixed 663 SusWrite 526 260% 1,174 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 151 4K Mixed 58.6 203% 80.5 MB/s	DQ Read 921 DQ Write 775 DQ Mixed 568 502% 755 MB/s
Poor: 147% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 311%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 194GB free Firmware: JB0OA490 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 91 90 90 90 88 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile)	60.6% Good	Read 122 Write 133 Mixed 24.6 SusWrite 89.6 67% 92.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 2,972 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.5% Good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 21.5 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 23 SC Mixed 19.7 53% 18.6 GB/s	Latency 71.6 56% 71.6 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 78%

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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 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,109x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	622x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	175x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	121x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	106x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	547x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

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