Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 50% Yacht	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 79.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	56.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	154% 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.

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 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	28.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 14 '19 at 00:44
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 105 2-Core 216 76% 135 Pts	4-Core 410 8-Core 601 63% 506 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0770) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	Lighting 68.7 Reflection 75.4 Parallax 62 56% 68.7 fps	MRender 79 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 70.1 58% 70.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB 1,422 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 2.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 662 779 809 856 846 858 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	154% Outstanding	Read 915 Write 871 Mixed 603 SusWrite 802 179% 798 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 60.5 4K Mixed 36.6 124% 42.2 MB/s	DQ Read 703 DQ Write 646 DQ Mixed 531 438% 626 MB/s
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 154% Great: 565%
Samsung 850 Evo 4TB-$470 765 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 335 388 392 407 408 408 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 389 Write 390 Mixed 355 SusWrite 390 86% 381 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 30.9 97% 31.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 171 DQ Mixed 185 136% 177 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FHD 2x16GB 808 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	75.8% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 24.3 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 24 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 81%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 35%

Sail boat

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	367x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	213x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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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