Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 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 75.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.6% 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 Drive175% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190528
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 13 '20 at 13:18
Run Duration113 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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 above expectations (77th percentile)
75.8% Very good
Memory 88.4
1-Core 113
2-Core 218
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 341
8-Core 626
58% 484 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 75.8%
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: 382.60
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
87.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 130
Parallax 114
90% 118 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 110
Splatting 92
83% 103 fps
Poor: 61%
This bench: 87.6%
Great: 85%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
194GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 779 308 308 339 316 313 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
175% Outstanding
Read 1545
Write 1,014
Mixed 834
SusWrite 394
210% 947 MB/s
4K Read 43
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 45.6
185% 68.5 MB/s
DQ Read 720
DQ Write 743
DQ Mixed 513
446% 659 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 175%
Great: 193%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 1x16GB
1 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
44.3% Average
MC Read 15.6
MC Write 15.8
MC Mixed 12.7
42% 14.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.2
SC Write 15.5
SC Mixed 14.5
41% 14.4 GB/s
Latency 69.2
58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 44.3%
Great: 45%

 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%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 15 R3

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