Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics123% 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 Drive239% 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.
Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
16 months ago, 16 months ago.
SystemAlienware 13 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory24.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220318
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '22 at 23:29
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 37%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
67.8% Good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 92.1
2-Core 174
68% 116 Pts
4-Core 293
8-Core 475
47% 384 Pts
64-Core 474
29% 474 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
PNY(196E 1211) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
123% Outstanding
Lighting 166
Reflection 181
Parallax 189
135% 178 fps
MRender 131
Gravity 174
Splatting 124
116% 143 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 123%
Great: 133%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 980 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$168
363GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1491 1605 1676 1751 1764 1760 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
239% Outstanding
Read 1,845
Write 1,853
Mixed 1,659
SusWrite 1,674
396% 1,758 MB/s
4K Read 44.4
4K Write 59.4
4K Mixed 41
151% 48.3 MB/s
DQ Read 440
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 437
309% 394 MB/s
Poor: 283%
This bench: 239%
Great: 526%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
EC9D0B16 F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 26.1
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 32.1
SC Mixed 23.6
68% 23.9 GB/s
Latency 78.1
51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 70%
This bench: 80.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 13 R3 Builds (Compare 486 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 35%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

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