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Alienware 17 R3

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Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 65.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.21% 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	228% 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	20GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 20GB 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 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	15.5 GB free of 20 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 03 '17 at 18:41
Run Duration	290 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (66^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	65.8% Good	Memory 73.2 1-Core 96.7 2-Core 178 66% 116 Pts	4-Core 316 8-Core 502 50% 409 Pts	64-Core 536 33% 536 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 65.8% 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 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.21% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 136 Parallax 5.22 5% 48.9 fps	MRender 5.38 Gravity 5.07 Splatting 11.5 6% 7.31 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.21% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 931GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1739 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 915 (B1) Unknown 99 99 3 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 100 50 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 237 (F1) Unknown 99 99 8328215143	97.5% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 378 Mixed 398 94% 423 MB/s	4K Read 34.3 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 41 139% 46.9 MB/s	DQ Read 298 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 117 126% 211 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 97.5% Great: 133%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 232GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	228% Outstanding	Read 1,885 Write 1,363 Mixed 1,228 330% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 50.3 4K Write 96.9 4K Mixed 44.2 184% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 225 DQ Mixed 132 144% 245 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 228% Great: 254%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 89GB free Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1835 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1021 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1052 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 818939930 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1112717529	52.6% Above average	Read 489 Write 131 Mixed 207 60% 276 MB/s	4K Read 22.6 4K Write 42.2 4K Mixed 10.4 70% 25.1 MB/s	DQ Read 178 DQ Write 40.5 DQ Mixed 28.3 42% 82.4 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 52.6% Great: 57%
PNY USB 2.0 FD 16GB 103 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 2GB free, PID 0074 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	6.2% Terrible	Read 26.3 Write 10.7 Mixed 12.5 18% 16.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.04 4K Write 0.01 4K Mixed 0.02 1% 0.02 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 6.2% Great: 8%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 1315 CT16G4SFD8213.C16FBD 20GB 5 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 2133, 2133 MHz 4096, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15 MC Write 13.2 MC Mixed 12.3 39% 13.5 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 12.3 SC Mixed 13.3 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 94.2 42% 94.2 ns
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 64%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	976x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	306x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	240x
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	316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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