Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 94% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	121% 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	105% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	23.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 17 '21 at 07:40
Run Duration	178 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	28%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 102 2-Core 195 73% 127 Pts	4-Core 376 8-Core 566 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 563 35% 563 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	50.9% Above average	Lighting 62 Reflection 72.6 Parallax 66.6 50% 67.1 fps	MRender 65.4 Gravity 60.8 Splatting 62.7 52% 63 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 52%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	121% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 184 Parallax 188 132% 178 fps	MRender 131 Gravity 174 Splatting 125 116% 143 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 180 156 124 123 136 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 755 Write 290 Mixed 215 SusWrite 140 76% 350 MB/s	4K Read 1.7 4K Write 105 4K Mixed 54.6 128% 53.6 MB/s	DQ Read 785 DQ Write 267 DQ Mixed 291 276% 448 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 141%
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99 7,913 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 157GB free Firmware: X4120000 SusWrite @10s intervals: 312 286 280 275 278 277 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 423 Write 362 Mixed 252 SusWrite 285 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 20.5 4K Write 54.5 4K Mixed 30.8 99% 35.3 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 272 DQ Mixed 221 188% 275 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 2,464 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 26.2 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 31.3 SC Mixed 23.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 76.8 52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 89%

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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