Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	86.7% 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	274% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

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	16.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	12.3 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 14:59
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st 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 as expected (52^nd percentile)	72.5% Very good	Memory 83.9 1-Core 102 2-Core 190 73% 125 Pts	4-Core 330 8-Core 527 53% 428 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.5% 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: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	86.7% Excellent	Lighting 107 Reflection 132 Parallax 107 88% 115 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 110 Splatting 97.1 85% 105 fps
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 86.7% Great: 85%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 372GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1375 1076 1086 1061 1051 1070 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	274% Outstanding	Read 2,364 Write 2,145 Mixed 1,539 SusWrite 1,120 401% 1,792 MB/s	4K Read 56.3 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 73.2 246% 85 MB/s	DQ Read 896 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 754 572% 774 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 274% Great: 372%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 143GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 266 236 231 232 237 237 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 902 Write 410 Mixed 326 SusWrite 240 103% 470 MB/s	4K Read 27.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 39 151% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 768 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 341 303% 470 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 282GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 84 83 84 84 84 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	53.1% Above average	Read 100 Write 105 Mixed 22.7 SusWrite 84.4 56% 78.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 25E2 4TB 31,793 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 2.5TB free, PID 25e2 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 72 71 72 73 72 72 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	51.2% Above average	Read 95.5 Write 83.7 Mixed 64.3 SusWrite 71.7 104% 78.8 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 7 4K Mixed 0.8 269% 2.93 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 51.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GB 4,237 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	76.8% Very good	MC Read 27.7 MC Write 30.1 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 30.5 SC Mixed 20.8 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 73.6 54% 73.6 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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