Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	296% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (65%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 26 '18 at 05:07
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	65%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 (77^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 86 1-Core 116 2-Core 221 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 355 8-Core 589 58% 472 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q) 3,293 User benchmarks, average bench 78% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.31 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 104 Reflection 129 Parallax 103 85% 112 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 106 Splatting 92.5 81% 99.8 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 363GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	296% Outstanding	Read 2,449 Write 1,829 Mixed 2,112 474% 2,130 MB/s	4K Read 57.5 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 70.4 247% 86.4 MB/s	DQ Read 233 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 111 113% 182 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 296% Great: 296%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 233GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	248% Outstanding	Read 2,693 Write 1,178 Mixed 1,533 396% 1,802 MB/s	4K Read 53.1 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 42.8 194% 69.2 MB/s	DQ Read 253 DQ Write 191 DQ Mixed 97 106% 180 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 248% Great: 236%
Lacie Rugged THB USB-C 5TB 154 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 4.5TB free Firmware: 0004 Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70% Good	Read 128 Write 115 Mixed 95.4 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 1.19 4K Write 4.63 4K Mixed 0.52 193% 2.11 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 70%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 54 (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 21 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 41 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 455 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 154619674652 (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 1 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9836945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 33289480 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	69.1% Good	Read 128 Write 113 Mixed 129 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.61 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.19 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB 7,581 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.3 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 82%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,109x
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	622x
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 $273	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 $178	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) $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