Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	125% 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.

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, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 19 '19 at 18:18
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-7300HQ 170,871 User benchmarks, average bench 57% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 108 2-Core 208 76% 134 Pts	4-Core 392 8-Core 385 52% 388 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 07C0) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	53.4% Above average	Lighting 64.4 Reflection 72.7 Parallax 66.6 52% 67.9 fps	MRender 71.6 Gravity 61.6 Splatting 68.4 55% 67.2 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.4% Great: 52%
Nvidia GTX 1080-$195 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 079A) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12 Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 131 Parallax 121 100% 125 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 123 Splatting 100 89% 110 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 256GB 13,747 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 119GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 677 722 362 144 101 103 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	125% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 741 Mixed 642 SusWrite 351 149% 667 MB/s	4K Read 31.1 4K Write 94.9 4K Mixed 44.9 155% 57 MB/s	DQ Read 250 DQ Write 554 DQ Mixed 315 264% 373 MB/s
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 237%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 561GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 114 113 112 112 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.4% Good	Read 125 Write 119 Mixed 22.2 SusWrite 113 68% 94.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25ED 6TB 496 User benchmarks, average bench 84% 3TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 146 144 147 144 146 145 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	83.8% Excellent	Read 174 Write 155 Mixed 87.4 SusWrite 145 185% 141 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 8.6 4K Mixed 0.6 319% 3.6 MB/s	DQ Read 0.3 DQ Write 8.5 DQ Mixed 0.6 311% 3.13 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 83.8% Great: 108%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown M471A1K43BB1-CRC 009C3523 M471A1K43CB1-CRC 16GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.3% Very good	MC Read 29.1 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 23.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 25 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 78.3% Great: 78%

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,116x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	952x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	627x
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	176x

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	548x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $128	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $44	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16