Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 80% Battleship	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	108% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Very high background CPU (68%). 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 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180705
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Apr 21 '21 at 05:27
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	68%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (67^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 2.7 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70% Very good	Memory 88 1-Core 81.1 2-Core 166 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 465 46% 373 Pts	64-Core 458 28% 458 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6282) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71 Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	108% Outstanding	Lighting 138 Reflection 149 Parallax 138 113% 142 fps	MRender 119 Gravity 143 Splatting 126 106% 129 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 110%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.4% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 7.1 Parallax 8.6 6% 7.57 fps	MRender 10.1 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 10.9 8% 9.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,123 Write 990 Mixed 953 228% 1,022 MB/s	4K Read 39.6 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 42.8 166% 59.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 482 DQ Mixed 471 320% 379 MB/s
Poor: 71% Great: 170%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 136GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1527 1267 1119 1045 1150 1134 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	279% Outstanding	Read 2,462 Write 2,213 Mixed 1,647 SusWrite 1,207 421% 1,882 MB/s	4K Read 56.8 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 74 244% 83.3 MB/s	DQ Read 733 DQ Write 637 DQ Mixed 678 510% 683 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 279% Great: 372%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 4TB 7,970 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 514GB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 182 191 191 191 190 193 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 165 Write 136 Mixed 72 SusWrite 190 103% 141 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.8 157% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 98%
WD easystore 264D 8TB 977 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 6TB free, PID 264d Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 36 36 36 36 36 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	25.2% Poor	Read 33.7 Write 33.2 Mixed 30.1 SusWrite 35.9 46% 33.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4 4K Mixed 1.4 187% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 99%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB 4,611 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 23.4 80% 28.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 22.3 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.5 58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 84%

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

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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

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System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	366x
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	212x
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 $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