Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	81.7% 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	166% 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 (11%). 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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 09 '19 at 18:01
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 2.3 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	65.6% Good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 72.3 2-Core 142 60% 99.1 Pts	4-Core 263 8-Core 396 41% 330 Pts	64-Core 395 24% 395 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 83%

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: 436.15 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 120 Parallax 93 82% 105 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 95.9 Splatting 102 80% 97.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 442GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1039 482 432 435 432 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,019 Write 888 Mixed 871 SusWrite 542 186% 830 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.9 198% 69.9 MB/s	DQ Read 730 DQ Write 619 DQ Mixed 680 508% 676 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 216%
Kbg20zms512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 115% 253GB free Firmware: ACDA0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 583 652 655 663 602 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 567 Write 501 Mixed 492 SusWrite 629 123% 547 MB/s	4K Read 36.1 4K Write 95.7 4K Mixed 48.2 167% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 778 DQ Write 368 DQ Mixed 441 362% 529 MB/s
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 157%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 931GB free Firmware: 03.01A03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 111 107 111 111 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 111 Write 102 Mixed 57.6 SusWrite 109 69% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.7 132% 1 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ECB50B16 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 86B5040B HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2133, 2133 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	71% Very good	MC Read 25.4 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.3 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 24.7 SC Mixed 19.6 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 75.8 53% 75.8 ns
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 75%

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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 $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