Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 84%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% 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 Drive68.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 09 '17 at 07:45
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Memory 91.3
1-Core 92.6
2-Core 169
71% 118 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 523
50% 416 Pts
64-Core 532
33% 532 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 152
Parallax 142
118% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 147
Splatting 115
103% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk SD7SN3Q512G1002 512GB
407GB free
Firmware: X2170002 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Read 427
Write 432
Mixed 412
95% 424 MB/s
4K Read 25.2
4K Write 58.2
4K Mixed 13.7
86% 32.4 MB/s
DQ Read 303
DQ Write 269
DQ Mixed 13.5
85% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 104%
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 960GB
125GB free
Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
76.8% Very good
Read 495
Write 463
Mixed 449
105% 469 MB/s
4K Read 20.7
4K Write 46.7
4K Mixed 14.1
74% 27.1 MB/s
DQ Read 38.6
DQ Write 270
DQ Mixed 56.9
73% 122 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 76.8%
Great: 99%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
46GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
68.5% Good
Read 496
Write 324
Mixed 336
85% 385 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 45.8
4K Mixed 22
90% 30.8 MB/s
DQ Read 25.9
DQ Write 47.1
DQ Mixed 12.6
16% 28.5 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 87%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
76.2% Very good
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 29.5
MC Mixed 22.2
77% 27 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 23.2
65% 22.6 GB/s
Latency 65.3
61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 2,004 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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