Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 51% Yacht


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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	65.5% 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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 25 '21 at 09:52
Run Duration	173 Seconds
Run User	IDN-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 79.5 1-Core 111 2-Core 221 77% 137 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 478 54% 421 Pts	64-Core 467 29% 467 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q) 3,293 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.87 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 99.3 Reflection 125 Parallax 105 81% 110 fps	MRender 104 Gravity 108 Splatting 102 85% 105 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk X110 SATA M.2 256GB 2,150 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 36GB free (System drive) Firmware: X231306 SusWrite @10s intervals: 229 164 152 120 113 104 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 418 Write 302 Mixed 171 SusWrite 147 58% 259 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 54.7 4K Mixed 24.6 94% 33.9 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 200 DQ Mixed 119 124% 205 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 95%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 350GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 103 105 106 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	59.5% Above average	Read 102 Write 97.9 Mixed 55.7 SusWrite 105 66% 90.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 130% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.5% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 009C360B 9905711-032.A00G 16GB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 2133, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	64.6% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 24.6 MC Mixed 19.5 65% 22.9 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 19.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 81.5 49% 81.5 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 67%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 13: 2R 1G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
13%	9%	33	108	5	120	15.5"	1536 864	AUO51ED

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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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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