Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 74%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (97th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 3 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics88.6% 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 Drive263% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0GH72M
Memory29 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161212
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 26 '17 at 01:07
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (97th 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.4% Very good
Memory 89.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 182
75% 127 Pts
4-Core 362
8-Core 551
57% 457 Pts
64-Core 552
34% 552 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2037 MHz, MLim: 2197 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Lighting 110
Reflection 120
Parallax 101
90% 110 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 103
Splatting 108
87% 106 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
263% Outstanding
Read 2,783
Write 1,258
Mixed 1,408
398% 1,816 MB/s
4K Read 55.3
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 40.5
200% 72.3 MB/s
DQ Read 476
DQ Write 213
DQ Mixed 171
173% 287 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 263%
Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
782GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.5% Very good
Read 131
Write 132
Mixed 128
98% 131 MB/s
4K Read 0.59
4K Write 1.53
4K Mixed 0.16
71% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 75.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2133 C15 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
76.1% Very good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 24
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24.6
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 67.6
59% 67.6 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 76.1%
Great: 90%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,420 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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