Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 61%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 84.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.5% 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 Drive139% 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.
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.
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 15 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU7%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 (98th percentile)
84.3% Excellent
Memory 87.8
1-Core 114
2-Core 225
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 588
65% 515 Pts
64-Core 587
36% 587 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 84.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 456.71
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.5% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
84% 108 fps
MRender 97
Gravity 97.6
Splatting 103
82% 99 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
250GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 239 318 376 420 435 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 1,317
Write 113
Mixed 186
SusWrite 319
104% 484 MB/s
4K Read 33.8
4K Write 99.2
4K Mixed 47.8
165% 60.3 MB/s
DQ Read 592
DQ Write 95.9
DQ Mixed 177
172% 288 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 139%
Great: 216%
Kbg20zms512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB
20GB free
Firmware: ACDA0101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 741
Write 655
Mixed 627
150% 674 MB/s
4K Read 42.9
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 60
198% 69.4 MB/s
DQ Read 842
DQ Write 225
DQ Mixed 276
270% 447 MB/s
Poor: 54% Great: 157%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
877GB free
Firmware: 03.01A03
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 110 110 110 110 110 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
60.2% Good
Read 101
Write 84.8
Mixed 57.3
SusWrite 109
65% 87.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 60.2%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
ECB50B16 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 86B5040B HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 16GB
2133, 2133 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
75% Very good
MC Read 27.1
MC Write 29
MC Mixed 23.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 29.4
SC Mixed 22.6
66% 23.2 GB/s
Latency 69.7
57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 71%
This bench: 75%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 15 R3 Builds (Compare 1,995 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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