Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 116% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 99% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 89.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	128% 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 Drive	121% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 16:17
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.4% Excellent	Memory 94.3 1-Core 130 2-Core 249 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 456 8-Core 709 72% 582 Pts	64-Core 712 44% 712 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6593) CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	128% Outstanding	Lighting 183 Reflection 190 Parallax 175 149% 183 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 175 Splatting 114 109% 135 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90 21,936 User benchmarks, average bench 91% 576GB free Firmware: M0CR060 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 116 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 530 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2 (AE) Unknown 100 100 179 (B7) Unknown 100 100 6 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 74 54 197569282074 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 2391117256 (F7) Unknown 100 100 74775934 (F8) Unknown 100 100 20149611 (B4) Unknown 0 0 4422 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	78.6% Very good	Read 481 Write 342 Mixed 305 83% 376 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 69.5 4K Mixed 14.7 95% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 307 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 50.9 91% 182 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 105%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 157GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1,500 Write 405 Mixed 640 184% 849 MB/s	4K Read 33.4 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 13.3 118% 47.4 MB/s	DQ Read 34.7 DQ Write 107 DQ Mixed 13.3 27% 51.7 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 142%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	84.1% Excellent	MC Read 32.2 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.7 84% 29.5 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 32.8 SC Mixed 27.7 76% 26.6 GB/s	Latency 59.1 68% 59.1 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 84.1% Great: 83%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,113x
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	626x
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 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16