Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 16%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 15%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics13.8% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive131% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 02VCTC
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170728
Uptime4.7 Days
Run DateAug 20 '18 at 23:49
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (69th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
67.5% Good
Memory 79.5
1-Core 97.9
2-Core 172
68% 116 Pts
4-Core 299
8-Core 537
50% 418 Pts
64-Core 537
33% 537 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M
Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8912
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
13.8% Very poor
Lighting 0.07
Reflection 50.3
Parallax 44.4
0% 31.6 fps
MRender 55.1
Gravity 47
Splatting 47.7
41% 49.9 fps
Poor: 29%
This bench: 13.8%
Great: 60%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
79GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 245 219 186 177 174 168 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 1,034
Write 288
Mixed 287
SusWrite 195
98% 451 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 36.5
172% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 936
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 387
341% 530 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 131%
Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
601GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 127 127 127 128 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
74% Very good
Read 131
Write 128
Mixed 24.6
SusWrite 127
74% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (24th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.2% Good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 25.9
MC Mixed 21.3
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 24.8
SC Mixed 19.9
55% 19.1 GB/s
Latency 81.4
49% 81.4 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 67.2%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,419 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17 R3

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