Alienware 13 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 80%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.33% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	76.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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 13 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 13 R3
Memory	4.7 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180817
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 11 '19 at 15:53
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	80% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 375 8-Core 565 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 564 35% 564 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0770) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	6.33% Terrible	Lighting 6.63 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 6.69 5% 8.04 fps	MRender 7.29 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.29 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6 SATA 180GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 105GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSFD34N SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 112 90 82 82 82 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Read 438 Write 194 Mixed 334 SusWrite 99.9 59% 266 MB/s	4K Read 27.1 4K Write 68 4K Mixed 39.7 128% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 284 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 237 189% 265 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 84%
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 275GB-$42 16,792 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 30GB free Firmware: M0CR040 SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 331 152 152 108 84 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Read 434 Write 433 Mixed 368 SusWrite 203 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 80.3 4K Mixed 34.9 124% 46.4 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 306 222% 285 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB 41,676 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	42.3% Average	MC Read 16.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.1 40% 14 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 14.3 SC Mixed 12.8 37% 12.9 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 26% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 42%

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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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Gaming 35%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 29%

Raft

System: Alienware 13 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	366x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	55x
Core i5-7300HQIntelBench 57%, 170,871 samples	32x

GPU
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	212x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	186x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	39x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	40x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	28x
THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBToshibaBench 122%, 19,561 samples	28x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	71x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GBUnknownBench 37%, 41,676 samples	27x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	25x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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