Alienware 15 R3 - Specs
- Intel Core i7-7920HQ 0.1%
- Intel Core i7-7820HK (@ 3.8GHz) 2%
- Intel Core i7-7820HK
- Intel Core i7-8550U 1%
- Intel Xeon E3-1505M v6 1.7%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 (Laptop)
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2080 Max-Q 1.6%
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q (8GB GDDR5X)
- NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1070 (8GB GDDR5) 2.5%
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 2070 Max-Q 8.2%
Display
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN
HDD/SSD
1TB SSD PCIe NVMe + 1TB HDD, 7200 rpm
M.2 Slot
2x 2280 PCIe 3.0 x4 + 1x 2242 PCIe 3.0 x2 NVMe
See photo
Battery
68Wh, Li-Ion, 4-cell
Body material
Aluminum, Magnesium alloy
Dimensions
389 x 305 x 25.4 mm (15.31" x 12.01" x 1.00")
Ports and connectivity
- 1x USB Type-C 3.1 (3.1 Gen 2), Thunderbolt 3, DisplayPort, HDMI
- 1x USB Type-C 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
- 1x USB Type-A 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1), Sleep and Charge
- 1x USB Type-A 3.0 (3.1 Gen 1)
- HDMI
- VGA
- DVI
- Displayport mini
- Card reader
- Ethernet LAN 10/100/1000 Mbps
- Wi-Fi 802.11ac
- Bluetooth 4.1
- Audio jack 2x 3.5 mm jacks for headset and external microphone
- External graphics port for Alienware Graphics Amplifier
Features
- Web camera 720p HD
- Microphone Dual-Array Microphone
- Speakers 2x 4W
- Security Lock slotNoble lock
- 2x RAM slots
DISPLAY: 15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN
Name |
15.6”, Full HD (1920 x 1080), 120 Hz, TN |
Diagonal |
15.6" |
Pixel density |
141.21 ppi |
Panel Type |
TN |
Resolution |
1920 x 1080 |
Becomes "Retina" from |
24 inches (62 cm) |
Alienware 15 R3 in-depth review
Alienware is back with the latest and craziest 15-inch gaming laptop - the Alienware 15 R3. It sports all the hardware you'd expect from a high-end gaming laptop and even surprises with exceptional performance for a 15-inch machine. But aside from the crammed up hardware inside, the laptop will please even users with a more sophisticated taste for design, build quality and overall user experience. Spoiler alert: the Alienware 15 R3 is just as impressive as the 17-inch Alienware 17 R4 that we[...]
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Pros
- Incredibly sturdy construction, clean and sophisticated design
- Fairly thin (just 25 mm)
- Good keyboard and touchpad
- Good IPS panel
- Supports up to 3 M.2 PCIe NVMe SSDs
- Not a bad cooling solution considering the form factor and the demanding hardware
- Surprisingly good battery life (for the no G-Sync model)
Cons
- CPU and GPU underclocked by default, third party software needs to be installed for overclocking
- A bit loud under load
- Heavy (3.5 kg)
- G-Sync is optional and most units come with only 60Hz displays
- The screen uses PWM from 0 to 99% brightness (our Health-Guard profile fixes that)
CPU Performance: Intel Core i7-7820HK
Results are from the Cinebench 15 CPU test (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from the Fritz chess benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are from our Photoshop benchmark test (the lower the score, the better)
GPU Performance: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1080 Max-Q (8GB GDDR5X)
19023.00
+0.1% performance
Results are for the 3DMark: Fire Strike (Graphics) benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 4.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
4500.00
+21.9% performance
Results are for the Unigine Superposition benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Results are for the Unigine Heaven 3.0 benchmark (the higher the score, the better)
Author: Dimitar Dimitrov
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