Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	159% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 15 '18 at 04:34
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	HKG-User
Background CPU	6%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 84.9 1-Core 99.9 2-Core 212 75% 132 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 464 50% 397 Pts	64-Core 482 30% 482 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

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: 385.14 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.7% Excellent	Lighting 98 Reflection 126 Parallax 98.2 80% 107 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 98.7 Splatting 105 82% 99.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme CX2-8B256-Q11 NV 256GB 1,424 User benchmarks, average bench 166% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 48811QD Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,917 Write 419 Mixed 717 220% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 92.8 4K Mixed 40.5 159% 57.1 MB/s	DQ Read 219 DQ Write 170 DQ Mixed 93.5 97% 161 MB/s
Poor: 113% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 206%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 724GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 167 167 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1200 (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 99 99 671 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 554 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 6186 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274380319 (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 33 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2450350388 (F2) Unknown 100 100 943562455 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	68.2% Good	Read 114 Write 124 Mixed 114 88% 117 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.45 4K Mixed 0.18 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 23.5 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.4 SC Write 26.2 SC Mixed 22.6 59% 20.7 GB/s	Latency 72 56% 72 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 84%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,111x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	242x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	624x
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 $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16