Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	110% 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	63.8% 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.

Very high background CPU (32%). 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	3.9 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	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 10 '17 at 02:13
Run Duration	158 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	64.7% Good	Memory 82 1-Core 79 2-Core 147 62% 103 Pts	4-Core 261 8-Core 354 39% 307 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.7% 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 (95^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 149 Parallax 140 118% 145 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 146 Splatting 111 101% 124 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 110% 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 (59^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 250 100 250 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (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 5 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 59 57 244814708777 (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 100 100 138 (F1) Unknown 253 253 130 (F2) Unknown 253 253 81 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	85.6% Excellent	Read 427 Write 427 Mixed 411 94% 422 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 57.7 4K Mixed 24.4 99% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 291 DQ Write 268 DQ Mixed 50.8 101% 203 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 85.6% Great: 104%
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 125GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 407 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 35 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5636159 (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 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 72 41 176095100956 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 77310328850 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1128 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1295 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1241 (F2) Unknown 253 253 826 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.1% Excellent	Read 489 Write 456 Mixed 445 103% 463 MB/s	4K Read 22.8 4K Write 42 4K Mixed 23.5 87% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 260 DQ Mixed 57.8 108% 215 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.1% 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 as expected (52^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1044 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 227 (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 64 64 274879217700 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1271327097128 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16542505 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3425060893 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2977317531	63.8% Good	Read 470 Write 238 Mixed 250 70% 319 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 43.5 4K Mixed 11.8 74% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 218 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 12.1 62% 141 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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 below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.1% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 26.8 MC Mixed 22 71% 24.7 GB/s	SC Read 10.5 SC Write 19.1 SC Mixed 17.8 45% 15.8 GB/s	Latency 76.9 52% 76.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.1% Great: 78%

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Gaming 49%

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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