Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 42% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 74.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	60.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220318
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Feb 04 '24 at 13:19
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Memory 90.5 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 178 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 494 50% 406 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 83%

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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing below potential (11^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.2% Good	Lighting 59 Reflection 127 Parallax 101 48% 95.5 fps	MRender 94.7 Gravity 100 Splatting 108 84% 101 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 385GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 475 424 398 410 410 302 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 545 Write 488 Mixed 882 SusWrite 403 131% 580 MB/s	4K Read 14.7 4K Write 64.3 4K Mixed 46 115% 41.7 MB/s	DQ Read 606 DQ Write 448 DQ Mixed 392 329% 482 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 170%
WD WD10JPCX-24UE4T0 1TB 40,989 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 180GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 94 106 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	58.3% Above average	Read 99.7 Write 96.5 Mixed 52.7 SusWrite 103 64% 88.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.7 138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 58.3% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.6% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.5 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 20.4 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 83%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	41	7	60	15.5"	1536 811	LGD049B

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,112x
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	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	625x
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	547x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16