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Alienware 15 R3

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Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.53% 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 Drive	155% 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.
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.

System	Alienware 15 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R3
Memory	25.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170314
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	May 20 '17 at 01:29
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 71.8 2-Core 190 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 551 56% 450 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0772) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.53% Terrible	Lighting 6.9 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 6.88 6% 8.43 fps	MRender 8.52 Gravity 6.1 Splatting 14.1 8% 9.57 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.53% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 407GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	155% Outstanding	Read 1,463 Write 908 Mixed 1,194 264% 1,188 MB/s	4K Read 17.9 4K Write 35.4 4K Mixed 31.2 86% 28.1 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 256 DQ Mixed 137 145% 242 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 155% Great: 170%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 789GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 216 216 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1060 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1021 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 418 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26155 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 188978954274 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 95 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14068557502 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2363254403 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	69.5% Good	Read 122 Write 120 Mixed 115 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.21 78% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 30.6 MC Mixed 23.6 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 21.3 58% 20.5 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 82%

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Desktop

Desktop 71%

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Workstation

Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 15 R3

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,108x
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	950x
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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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