Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 27% Raft	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 23% 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	27.6% 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	117% 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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '17 at 17:08
Run Duration	244 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	18%

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 i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	74.9% Very good	Memory 82.8 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 185 70% 120 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 528 56% 445 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.6% Poor	Lighting 28.6 Reflection 45 Parallax 37.5 23% 37.1 fps	MRender 52.8 Gravity 29.7 Splatting 47.6 36% 43.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.6% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 86GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	117% Outstanding	Read 1,383 Write 290 Mixed 455 153% 710 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 18.6 140% 56.2 MB/s	DQ Read 38.5 DQ Write 128 DQ Mixed 19.1 33% 61.9 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 117% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 921GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 163 163 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 993 (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 1572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 442 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 38302 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 240519020581 (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 100 100 275 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13746598131 (F2) Unknown 100 100 26454221823 (FE) Unknown 100 100 8	47.2% Average	Read 84 Write 80.3 Mixed 86.5 63% 83.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.18 70% 0.69 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.2% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Fit 32GB 4,876 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 26GB free, PID 5571 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	11.4% Very poor	Read 38.1 Write 7.26 Mixed 11.7 18% 19 MB/s	4K Read 5.74 4K Write 0.97 4K Mixed 1.13 93% 2.61 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 11.4% Great: 14%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair SODIM DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.1% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 26.3 MC Mixed 23.5 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 20.2 56% 19.6 GB/s	Latency 75.5 53% 75.5 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 71.1% Great: 99%

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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	978x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	438x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	752x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	307x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	241x
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	317x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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