Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 74% Battleship	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 63% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	87.1% 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	196% 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	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

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit farver,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 17 '17 at 20:58
Run Duration	117 Seconds
Run User	DNK-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (97^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)	79% Very good	Memory 93 1-Core 119 2-Core 212 82% 141 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 599 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 604 37% 604 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2109 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	87.1% Excellent	Lighting 108 Reflection 130 Parallax 97.7 88% 112 fps	MRender 98.8 Gravity 104 Splatting 109 86% 104 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN51T02DUK NV 1TB 2,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 671GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	196% Outstanding	Read 1,619 Write 891 Mixed 1,260 278% 1,256 MB/s	4K Read 41.5 4K Write 116 4K Mixed 56.4 197% 71.4 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 292 DQ Mixed 175 182% 302 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 196% Great: 163%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 93 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 95 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 75 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1192 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 158914969632 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 4 (F1) Unknown 100 100 196383947 (F2) Unknown 100 100 302164885 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	72.6% Very good	Read 128 Write 126 Mixed 126 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.74 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.7% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 33.3 MC Mixed 24.1 85% 29.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.7 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 27.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	Latency 62 64% 62 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 84%

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,115x
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	952x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	627x
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	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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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