Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 80.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.3% 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	237% 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	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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 27 '20 at 02:19
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (85^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)	80.6% Excellent	Memory 88.7 1-Core 120 2-Core 218 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 391 8-Core 569 60% 480 Pts	64-Core 577 36% 577 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Lighting 102 Reflection 77.9 Parallax 104 83% 94.8 fps	MRender 97.3 Gravity 101 Splatting 106 83% 101 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme SSDPEMKF256G8 NV 256GB 164 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 205GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7003 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 496 273 272 273 274 272 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	237% Outstanding	Read 2,345 Write 1,156 Mixed 1,064 SusWrite 310 268% 1,219 MB/s	4K Read 61 4K Write 166 4K Mixed 87.7 292% 105 MB/s	DQ Read 801 DQ Write 682 DQ Mixed 162 280% 548 MB/s
Poor: 95% ↑ This bench: 237% Great: 236%
Intel Optane+932GBHDD 1TB 6,924 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 238GB free Firmware: 16.8 SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 140 141 143 143 143 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 31% Great: 88%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 189GB free, PID 1023 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 33.1 Write 30.4 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 35.8 42% 31 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 63% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 10% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 41%

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 above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.8 79% 27.8 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 32.6 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 78%

Take a copy of your results How to check your in-game FPS

System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Custom PC Builder (Explore upgrades for this PC) Build your perfect PC: compare component prices, popularity, speed and value for money

CHOOSE AN UPGRADE:

CPU

GPU

SSD

HDD

RAM

MBD

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,991 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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