Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 16% Surfboard	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 15% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	7.43% 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	300% 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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 17 '18 at 17:55
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (90^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 (100^th percentile)	83.1% Excellent	Memory 87.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 217 78% 137 Pts	4-Core 426 8-Core 599 64% 513 Pts	64-Core 587 36% 587 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 83.1% 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 0774) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.43% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 111 Parallax 7.16 6% 42.1 fps	MRender 11.3 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.6 10% 11.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.43% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 477GB free Firmware: 2B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	310% Outstanding	Read 2,651 Write 1,905 Mixed 1,904 478% 2,153 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 147 4K Mixed 63.6 230% 85.8 MB/s	DQ Read 447 DQ Write 300 DQ Mixed 174 184% 307 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 310% Great: 353%
Samsung PM981 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 80,540 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 398GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXA72D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	300% Outstanding	Read 2,404 Write 1,768 Mixed 1,979 456% 2,050 MB/s	4K Read 64.4 4K Write 133 4K Mixed 72.6 261% 90.2 MB/s	DQ Read 405 DQ Write 259 DQ Mixed 152 162% 272 MB/s
Poor: 130% ↑ This bench: 300% Great: 296%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 896GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 188 188 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 64 (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 18 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 37 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 826 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 158914838558 (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 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 208331873 (F2) Unknown 100 100 61642039 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	71.3% Very good	Read 129 Write 119 Mixed 125 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.19 78% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 2,464 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 26.4 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 32.1 SC Mixed 24.5 70% 24.5 GB/s	Latency 69.9 57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 89%

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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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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 $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