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Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 64% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.34% 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	64.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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	4.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170314
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 22 '17 at 17:19
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	VNM-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 88.5 2-Core 172 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 500 50% 407 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%

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 above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.34% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 100 Parallax 5.5 5% 37.2 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 5.23 Splatting 11.7 6% 7.44 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.34% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC308 SATA 256GB 6,224 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 187GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 72 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 53 (64) Unknown 100 100 707675 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 15 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 9 (B2) Unknown 100 100 41 (B3) Unknown 100 100 297 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5143 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 41 0 103083999273 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 100 86 0 (E7) Temperature 253 253 0 (EA) Unknown 100 100 4789099136 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2108490536 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1928119706 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 40406	64.2% Good	Read 501 Write 242 Mixed 323 78% 355 MB/s	4K Read 24.9 4K Write 58.2 4K Mixed 10.8 82% 31.3 MB/s	DQ Read 26.3 DQ Write 239 DQ Mixed 11.2 45% 92.1 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 64.2% Great: 86%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 773GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 187 187 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 435 (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 97 97 1453 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 386 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1334 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 214749675554 (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 97 97 1387 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14460523765 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18643060559 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	75.5% Very good	Read 133 Write 130 Mixed 122 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.51 4K Mixed 0.21 71% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 75%
PHD 3.0 Silicon-Power 2TB 1,043 User benchmarks, average bench 36% 1.5TB free, PID 55aa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	50.2% Above average	Read 103 Write 137 Mixed 101 150% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.28 69% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 50.2% Great: 56%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 1x8GB 4,524 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	MC Read 14.6 MC Write 12 MC Mixed 10.4 35% 12.3 GB/s	SC Read 10.3 SC Write 11.6 SC Mixed 10.8 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 42%

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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	1,113x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	368x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	243x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	951x
GTX 1060 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 47%, 177,775 samples	626x
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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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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