Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (87th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 13 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics86.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190528
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 19 '19 at 11:01
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 106
2-Core 209
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 388
8-Core 621
62% 504 Pts
64-Core 609
38% 609 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1708 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
86.6% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 132
Parallax 106
87% 115 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 110
Splatting 98.3
86% 105 fps
Poor: 61%
This bench: 86.6%
Great: 85%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 1TB
954GB free
Firmware: 80002E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1146 1002 1049 1165 1172 735 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
223% Outstanding
Read 1,384
Write 1,232
Mixed 1,250
SusWrite 1,044
276% 1,227 MB/s
4K Read 37.3
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 65.2
202% 73.1 MB/s
DQ Read 966
DQ Write 838
DQ Mixed 970
708% 925 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 223%
Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
841GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 103 103 101 122 123 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
69.8% Good
Read 134
Write 100
Mixed 25.6
SusWrite 110
67% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.4
95% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K821PJ-MID 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
79.5% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 24.9
81% 28.4 GB/s
SC Read 18
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 73.1
55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,992 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

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