Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	121% 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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	8.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210607
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 19 '21 at 17:16
Run Duration	276 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	6%

PC Performing as expected (55^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.7% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 121 2-Core 224 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 399 8-Core 544 60% 471 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 279 403 397 477 307 242 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 948 Write 743 Mixed 441 SusWrite 351 138% 620 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 76.4 4K Mixed 30.2 124% 45.3 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 586 430% 566 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 170%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 114GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,444 Write 2,091 Mixed 1,626 456% 2,054 MB/s	4K Read 62.5 4K Write 135 4K Mixed 81.4 270% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 771 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 665 490% 649 MB/s
Poor: 178% Great: 355%
M.2 2242-1TB SSD 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 343GB free Firmware: T0519A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 417 415 113 16 146 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	81.5% Excellent	Read 490 Write 380 Mixed 368 SusWrite 243 83% 370 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 85 4K Mixed 28.6 125% 47.5 MB/s	DQ Read 116 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 46.3 82% 154 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 81.5% Great: 85%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 136GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 98 98 99 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile)	61.8% Good	Read 118 Write 126 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 97.6 66% 90.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 23.7 MC Mixed 20.8 66% 23.3 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 21.8 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 76.7 52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 79%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 18: 2R 2G 2B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
18%	13%	45	184	74	120	0"	1920 1080

History: Score 0: 0R 0G 0B | Score 21: 3R 2G 0B | Score 18: 2R 2G 2B

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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	1,109x
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	622x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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