Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.9% 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 Drive148% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 15 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 07 '18 at 07:05
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 2.7 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 88.7
1-Core 85.5
2-Core 172
68% 116 Pts
4-Core 306
8-Core 474
48% 390 Pts
64-Core 467
29% 467 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0772) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9836
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 106
Reflection 74.5
Parallax 87.5
86% 89.3 fps
MRender 91
Gravity 89
Splatting 97.8
76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
437GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 470 570 571 572 550 555 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
148% Outstanding
Read 924
Write 433
Mixed 436
SusWrite 548
130% 585 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 96.6
4K Mixed 41.7
159% 58.1 MB/s
DQ Read 696
DQ Write 588
DQ Mixed 586
454% 623 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 148%
Great: 172%
WD WD20SPZX-11CRAT0 2TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 101 103 104 101 102 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
65.7% Good
Read 128
Write 108
Mixed 77.2
SusWrite 101
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 1
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 0.7
180% 1.67 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 65.7%
Great: 76%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009C2B16 HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 24GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
76.3% Very good
MC Read 28.5
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 22.4
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 22.6
65% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 68.8
58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 76.3%
Great: 76%

 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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