Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 50%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 58.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics5.55% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 02T0RK
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20160909
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateSep 30 '18 at 23:07
Run Duration117 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i5-6300HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads
Base clock 2.3 GHz, turbo 2.3 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
58.2% Above average
Memory 65.8
1-Core 43
2-Core 149
49% 85.9 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 289
39% 291 Pts
64-Core 295
18% 295 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 58.2%
Great: 66%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0772) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.55% Terrible
Lighting 5.63
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 5.16
5% 7.51 fps
MRender 7.9
Gravity 4.87
Splatting 12.9
7% 8.55 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.55%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
698GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 111 108 105 111 116 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
66.2% Good
Read 120
Write 120
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 110
68% 94.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown M471A1K43CB1-CRC 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.2% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.3
73% 25.5 GB/s
SC Read 9.2
SC Write 20.1
SC Mixed 15
42% 14.8 GB/s
Latency 112
36% 112 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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HDDRAMUSB
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