Alienware 15 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 38% Jet ski	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	46.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '21 at 18:38
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	70% Good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 168 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 471 47% 385 Pts	64-Core 469 29% 469 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70% 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: 471.41 Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	46.1% Average	Lighting 58.7 Reflection 76.9 Parallax 50.7 48% 62.1 fps	MRender 31.7 Gravity 50 Splatting 67.4 43% 49.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$46 87,206 User benchmarks, average bench 234% 45GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,154 Write 1,988 Mixed 1,215 396% 1,786 MB/s	4K Read 58.5 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 74.1 246% 83.4 MB/s	DQ Read 757 DQ Write 472 DQ Mixed 651 475% 626 MB/s
Poor: 152% Great: 302%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 36GB free Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 96 92 74 73 79 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Read 442 Write 280 Mixed 133 SusWrite 86.1 52% 235 MB/s	4K Read 25.4 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 29.6 99% 32.5 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 205 176% 262 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 87%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 2TB 35,039 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 119 115 118 125 122 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	47.9% Average	Read 46.9 Write 70.6 Mixed 55.8 SusWrite 120 54% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 1.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 1.2 222% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 109%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown KMKYF9-MID 2x8GB 1,077 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 22.5 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 22.1 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 78%

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

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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,109x
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	951x
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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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