Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 105%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 85.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics121% 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 Drive205% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory28.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170705
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 25 '17 at 11:26
Run Duration165 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
85.2% Excellent
Memory 91.1
1-Core 134
2-Core 242
88% 156 Pts
4-Core 432
8-Core 591
65% 512 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 85.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.0
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
18.4% Very poor
Lighting 23
Reflection 26.2
Parallax 21.8
19% 23.6 fps
MRender 34.1
Gravity 14.4
Splatting 18.8
18% 22.5 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 18.4%
Great: 82%
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
Gigabyte(1458 374C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 388.0
Performing below potential (36th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
121% Outstanding
Lighting 167
Reflection 193
Parallax 169
136% 176 fps
MRender 118
Gravity 167
Splatting 114
107% 133 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 121%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
334GB free
Firmware: 1B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
212% Outstanding
Read 1,802
Write 1,320
Mixed 1,281
326% 1,468 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 25.2
170% 65.5 MB/s
DQ Read 44
DQ Write 439
DQ Mixed 22.3
82% 169 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 212%
Great: 254%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
329GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
205% Outstanding
Read 1,868
Write 1,271
Mixed 1,234
323% 1,458 MB/s
4K Read 47.5
4K Write 126
4K Mixed 24.6
170% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 45.5
DQ Write 137
DQ Mixed 23.9
38% 68.9 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 205%
Great: 254%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79
1.5TB free
Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 121
Write 85.1
Mixed 79.6
71% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 1.1
4K Write 0.82
4K Mixed 0.62
130% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 59%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 26.3
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 33.7
SC Mixed 25.4
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 65.6
61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 83%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 15 R3

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