Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 22% Surfboard


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 67.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	28.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	20.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '18 at 00:53
Run Duration	203 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

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 i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.8% Good	Memory 80.6 1-Core 85 2-Core 161 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 497 48% 397 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 6 5% 6.85 fps	MRender 8.62 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 11.8 7% 8.68 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing below potential (30^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	28.9% Poor	Lighting 35.9 Reflection 34.6 Parallax 31.2 29% 33.9 fps	MRender 37.2 Gravity 34 Splatting 33 28% 34.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX200 SATA M.2 250GB-$90 2,162 User benchmarks, average bench 96% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: MU03 SusWrite @10s intervals: 304 301 304 306 308 299 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 406 Write 389 Mixed 322 SusWrite 304 80% 355 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 55.8 4K Mixed 28.2 95% 34.5 MB/s	DQ Read 351 DQ Write 299 DQ Mixed 158 164% 269 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 112%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 307GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 115 115 113 113 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	67.2% Good	Read 120 Write 121 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 114 69% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.2% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Blade 32GB 34,316 User benchmarks, average bench 12% 29GB free, PID 5567 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.5 2.8 4.3 3.5 5.2 3.9 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	12.9% Very poor	Read 28.2 Write 5.8 Mixed 2.7 SusWrite 4 10% 10.2 MB/s	4K Read 5.2 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 2.8 189% 3.4 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 12.9% Great: 18%
Generic Flash Disk 8GB 32,093 User benchmarks, average bench 5% 7GB free, PID 6387 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 5.5 8.2 3.2 7.8 5 9.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	2.18% Terrible	Read 3.3 Write 2.2 Mixed 6.7 SusWrite 6.5 7% 4.68 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 4% 0.4 MB/s
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.18% Great: 7%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB 1,022 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (19^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.8% Good	MC Read 23 MC Write 26.2 MC Mixed 21.7 68% 23.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.5 SC Mixed 18 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 65.8% Great: 90%

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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 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	976x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	306x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	240x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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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