Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 31% Sail boat	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (23rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 77 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 19.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	48.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	219% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170314
Uptime	15.1 Days
Run Date	Nov 05 '17 at 00:40
Run Duration	175 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Extreme
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 275,283 User benchmarks, average bench 61% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	19.8% Very poor	1-Core 24.1 2-Core 47.4 17% 35.8 Pts	4-Core 125 8-Core 383 29% 254 Pts	64-Core 468 31% 468 Pts
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 19.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 84,662 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 385.41 Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	48.2% Average	Lighting 129 Reflection 168 Parallax 183 34% 160 fps	MRender 144 Gravity 174 Splatting 157 49% 158 fps
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 48.2% Great: 53%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 41,310 User benchmarks, average bench 284% 327GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 5,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	219% Outstanding	Read 2,300 Write 1,645 Mixed 1,835 428% 1,927 MB/s	4K Read 20.6 4K Write 41 4K Mixed 17.7 76% 26.4 MB/s	DQ Read 77.4 DQ Write 73.7 DQ Mixed 17.8 29% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 219% Great: 358%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 330,391 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 59GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 151 151 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 727 (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 100 100 348 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 211 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 21 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4234 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 188979216415 (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 74 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7865140506 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1814044151 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	63.4% Good	Read 95.3 Write 126 Mixed 99.4 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.21 67% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 63.4% Great: 77%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 862 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	55.3% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 24.4 MC Mixed 22.2 62% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 9 SC Mixed 9.5 24% 8.23 GB/s	Latency 141 28% 141 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 55.3% Great: 78%

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

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Workstation 45%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 61%, 275,283 samples	3,123x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 57%, 195,484 samples	1,160x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 67%, 9,192 samples	832x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 69%, 49,986 samples	2,773x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 84,662 samples	1,965x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 126,126 samples	625x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 118%, 13,026 samples	901x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 64%, 6,638 samples	455x
960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GBSamsung $100Bench 198%, 162,769 samples	209x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 71%, 14,822 samples	1,894x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 38%, 20,541 samples	623x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 76%, 2,942 samples	390x

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Intel Core i5-9400F $145	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $260	Crucial MX500 250GB $45
Intel Core i5-9600K $200	AMD RX 590 $180	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i7-9700K $369	Nvidia GTX 1650S (Super) $160	Samsung 850 Pro 512GB $230

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $65	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $38	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $63	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $46
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $80	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $613	SanDisk Extreme 16GB $24