Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 35% Jet ski	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	7.49% 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 Drive	71.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '19 at 00:54
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (41^st 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	31.1% Below average	Memory 46.6 1-Core 25.4 2-Core 46.9 27% 39.6 Pts	4-Core 86.1 8-Core 141 14% 114 Pts	64-Core 139 9% 139 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 31.1% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0774) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6859 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Lighting 7.63 Reflection 11.4 Parallax 7.97 6% 9 fps	MRender 12.1 Gravity 7.13 Splatting 15.8 10% 11.7 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 179 172 170 164 171 169 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	Read 710 Write 413 Mixed 470 SusWrite 171 98% 441 MB/s	4K Read 24.5 4K Write 27.7 4K Mixed 18.9 76% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 239 DQ Write 213 DQ Mixed 222 167% 224 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 137%
ZTC-SM201-256G 256GB 95 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 94GB free Firmware: 1.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 9.7 10 10 9.8 10 11 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 44% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 907GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 117 116 118 120 124 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 135 Write 134 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 119 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 115% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 17.6 MC Write 16.2 MC Mixed 19.1 50% 17.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.1 SC Write 9.6 SC Mixed 8.2 23% 7.97 GB/s	Latency 174 23% 174 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 78%

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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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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,112x
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	625x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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 $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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16