Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 23 '21 at 16:35
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%

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 (93^rd percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 96.4 2-Core 187 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 572 54% 449 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 73%

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: 471.68 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.8% Very good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 123 Parallax 92.5 78% 104 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 96.6 Splatting 106 81% 98.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Kbg40znt256g TOSHIBA MEMORY 256GB 3,446 User benchmarks, average bench 164% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0105AELA SusWrite @10s intervals: 487 731 368 617 329 365 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 729 Write 672 Mixed 737 SusWrite 483 148% 655 MB/s	4K Read 44.9 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 72.8 232% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 400 DQ Mixed 652 473% 625 MB/s
Poor: 89% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 218%
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6 SATA 180GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 99GB free Firmware: LSFD43N SusWrite @10s intervals: 175 82 90 83 83 83 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	80.9% Excellent	Read 474 Write 420 Mixed 408 SusWrite 99.6 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 97.3 4K Mixed 36.6 144% 54.8 MB/s	DQ Read 278 DQ Write 251 DQ Mixed 221 178% 250 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 863GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 121 123 122 124 122 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Read 132 Write 98.5 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 122 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 2x8GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22 78% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.7 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	15.5"	1280 720	AUO60ED

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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	1,111x
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	624x
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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16