Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics126% 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 Drive220% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory8.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220318
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 11 '22 at 23:36
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 40%
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 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
74.9% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 102
2-Core 186
74% 125 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 522
52% 426 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 74.9%
Great: 73%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti-$340
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.86
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
126% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 168
Parallax 148
141% 163 fps
MRender 181
Gravity 135
Splatting 116
115% 144 fps
Poor: 116%
This bench: 126%
Great: 136%
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 526.86
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.7% Very good
Lighting 96.6
Reflection 124
Parallax 96
79% 106 fps
MRender 94.1
Gravity 99.2
Splatting 103
82% 98.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.7%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
469GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1385 1223 1131 1022 1089 796 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
220% Outstanding
Read 1,847
Write 1,625
Mixed 1,286
SusWrite 1,108
329% 1,466 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 84
4K Mixed 56.1
179% 60.6 MB/s
DQ Read 621
DQ Write 369
DQ Mixed 540
390% 510 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 220%
Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
111GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 119 121 119 120 119 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
65.1% Good
Read 108
Write 111
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 119
65% 90.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 65.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (62nd percentile)
73.2% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 27.7
MC Mixed 21.9
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 22.8
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,996 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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