Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (98th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 2 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	87.8% 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	141% 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 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 13 '20 at 21:43
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (98^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 way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Memory 84.8 1-Core 81.2 2-Core 226 72% 131 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 582 65% 511 Pts	64-Core 589 36% 589 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 82.5% 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: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	87.8% Excellent	Lighting 109 Reflection 129 Parallax 106 89% 115 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 111 Splatting 97.9 86% 106 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.8% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 368 394 393 398 396 396 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	141% Outstanding	Read 1,059 Write 404 Mixed 502 SusWrite 391 130% 589 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 42.1 171% 65.6 MB/s	DQ Read 650 DQ Write 401 DQ Mixed 489 374% 514 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 141% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 137 135 135 137 136 137 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Read 144 Write 144 Mixed 28.8 SusWrite 136 82% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown K821PJ-MID 009C2B16 HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 32GB 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 16384 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.1 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18 SC Write 34.1 SC Mixed 26.4 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,108x
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	950x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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