Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 75.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.9% 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	73% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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	9.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200721
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '20 at 16:39
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (68^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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	75.9% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 109 2-Core 198 77% 132 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 562 55% 451 Pts	64-Core 569 35% 569 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.9% 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: 457.51 Performing below potential (66^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	80.9% Excellent	Lighting 96.3 Reflection 163 Parallax 92.6 78% 117 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 107 Splatting 101 86% 105 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 80.9% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 250GB-$55 9,409 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 148GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 199 193 197 196 196 200 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	73% Very good	Read 452 Write 349 Mixed 194 SusWrite 197 66% 298 MB/s	4K Read 24.8 4K Write 41.4 4K Mixed 26.8 94% 31 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 258 DQ Mixed 233 196% 286 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 104%
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 477GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 594 446 441 282 120 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 890 Mixed 850 SusWrite 334 169% 752 MB/s	4K Read 34.2 4K Write 95 4K Mixed 49.8 166% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 849 DQ Write 644 DQ Mixed 761 565% 751 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 170%
Apple HDD HTS545050A7E362 500GB 4,646 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 466GB free Firmware: GG2AB990 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 105 108 107 107 108 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	62% Good	Read 109 Write 105 Mixed 39 SusWrite 107 65% 89.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 61%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 30.6 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 23.9 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.6 SC Mixed 23.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 68.6 58% 68.6 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 84%

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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	1,109x
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	951x
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 $273	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 $177	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) $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