Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 83% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 73%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	111% 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	60.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '17 at 06:11
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%

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PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	73% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 94 2-Core 180 69% 119 Pts	4-Core 342 8-Core 512 53% 427 Pts	64-Core 509 32% 509 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 148 Reflection 151 Parallax 130 120% 143 fps	MRender 117 Gravity 147 Splatting 115 103% 126 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN3Q512G1002 512GB 236 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 407GB free Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 263 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 30 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 41 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 948 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 4 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 56 57 244814708780 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 116 (F1) Unknown 253 253 110 (F2) Unknown 253 253 66 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	79.5% Very good	Read 425 Write 430 Mixed 408 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 22.9 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 13.9 82% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 289 DQ Write 265 DQ Mixed 13.2 82% 189 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 104%
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 388 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5374014 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 30 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3 (A9) Unknown 100 100 749 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 41 176095100957 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73015361553 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1127 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1274 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1222 (F2) Unknown 253 253 806 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	69.6% Good	Read 490 Write 438 Mixed 447 102% 459 MB/s	4K Read 23 4K Write 45.8 4K Mixed 12 74% 26.9 MB/s	DQ Read 23.3 DQ Write 46.8 DQ Mixed 12.8 16% 27.6 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 99%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 46GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1024 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 226 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5156 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 63 64 274879217701 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1258442195237 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16546816 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3360417211 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2913070694	60.5% Good	Read 487 Write 297 Mixed 324 82% 369 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 44.7 4K Mixed 12.7 73% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 22.6 DQ Write 45.8 DQ Mixed 10.1 14% 26.2 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.5% Great: 87%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.9% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 22.2 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 28.1 SC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 78%

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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	1,118x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	954x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	627x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	176x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	121x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	107x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	76x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	548x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	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