Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	69.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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	11.7 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	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 12 '17 at 01:41
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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PC Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.3% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 88.3 2-Core 188 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 520 54% 435 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 75.3% 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: 2075 MHz, MLim: 3002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 120 Reflection 148 Parallax 144 98% 137 fps	Gravity 137 Splatting 107 106% 122 fps
Poor: 93% 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 (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 249 100 249 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (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 7 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 57 244814708781 (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 100 100 163 (F1) Unknown 253 253 154 (F2) Unknown 253 253 100 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	83.9% Excellent	Read 430 Write 418 Mixed 413 94% 420 MB/s	4K Read 25 4K Write 51.8 4K Mixed 24.4 97% 33.7 MB/s	DQ Read 282 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 54 98% 195 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 104%
Hgst HTS721010A9E630 960GB 35 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 139GB free Firmware: X41320RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 444 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (A5) Unknown 100 100 6029379 (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 8 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 70 41 176095100958 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 81605296147 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1190 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1384 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1327 (F2) Unknown 253 253 940 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	87.8% Excellent	Read 488 Write 457 Mixed 445 104% 463 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 44.3 4K Mixed 24.7 89% 30.4 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 249 DQ Mixed 64.7 111% 218 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 99%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1081 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 233 (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 62 64 274879217702 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1297096900910 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16532446 (F1) Unknown 253 253 3570544679 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3180184566	69.9% Good	Read 484 Write 239 Mixed 208 68% 310 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 44.2 4K Mixed 17.7 79% 28 MB/s	DQ Read 295 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 54.6 101% 201 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 69.9% 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 (34^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.4% Good	MC Read 26.5 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 21.1 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 20 56% 19.5 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 69.4% 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	1,119x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	245x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	956x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	627x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	177x

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	550x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	110x
8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 2,972 samples	100x

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