Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	16.2% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	98.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0K7V7F
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '17 at 04:09
Run Duration	118 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

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 i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.7% Very good	Memory 87 1-Core 79.4 2-Core 160 65% 109 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 315 42% 316 Pts	64-Core 317 20% 317 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.7% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1050 Ti 134 User benchmarks, average bench 33% Dell(1028 07C0) 2GB CLim: 1657 MHz, MLim: 1752 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 376.2 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	16.2% Very poor	Lighting 9.97 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 34.7 8% 18.7 fps	MRender 34.5 Gravity 35.9 Splatting 43.9 32% 38.1 fps
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 16.2% Great: 36%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (40^th percentile)	98.1% Outstanding	Read 1,423 Write 321 Mixed 657 174% 800 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 16.5 67% 26.1 MB/s	DQ Read 16.5 DQ Write 40.3 DQ Mixed 11.6 14% 22.8 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 924GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 27 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 24 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 446 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 176094969890 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 3 (F1) Unknown 100 100 66312262 (F2) Unknown 100 100 110901288 (FE) Unknown 100 100 9	75.1% Very good	Read 135 Write 127 Mixed 124 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 2667 MHz clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (54^th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.4% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 24.4 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 27 SC Mixed 22.1 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 70.5 57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 77.4% 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 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

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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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