Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	79.9% 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	266% 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	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.

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.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 08 '19 at 07:57
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 88.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 207 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 298 8-Core 511 49% 405 Pts	64-Core 578 36% 578 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	79.9% Very good	Lighting 98.5 Reflection 118 Parallax 92 80% 103 fps	MRender 94.1 Gravity 92.1 Splatting 102 79% 96 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 79.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 30GB free Firmware: T87110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 138 136 138 135 138 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	85.5% Excellent	Read 472 Write 374 Mixed 357 SusWrite 150 76% 338 MB/s	4K Read 34.1 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 41.5 137% 45.4 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 286 226% 316 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 85.5% Great: 87%
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170 93,447 User benchmarks, average bench 322% 355GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1609 1469 1722 1851 1848 1796 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	266% Outstanding	Read 2289 Write 2,005 Mixed 1243 SusWrite 1,716 406% 1,813 MB/s	4K Read 36.9 4K Write 78.1 4K Mixed 38.3 146% 51.1 MB/s	DQ Read 708 DQ Write 438 DQ Mixed 588 434% 578 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 266% Great: 393%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 630GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 127 124 128 127 127 127 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 117 Mixed 24.8 SusWrite 126 72% 100 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	74.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 27.9 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 69.3 58% 69.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.1% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $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