Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics106% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive164% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 02VCTC
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170728
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '17 at 15:10
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%
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 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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)
73.3% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 103
2-Core 187
71% 124 Pts
4-Core 358
8-Core 535
56% 446 Pts
64-Core 545
34% 545 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2012 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.94
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 138
Reflection 151
Parallax 138
112% 142 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 137
Splatting 112
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
138GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
164% Outstanding
Read 1,552
Write 571
Mixed 780
212% 968 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 37.8
171% 66.4 MB/s
DQ Read 420
DQ Write 275
DQ Mixed 154
167% 283 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 164%
Great: 172%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
912GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
74.1% Very good
Read 115
Write 143
Mixed 138
100% 132 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 3.01
4K Mixed 0.36
123% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 74.1%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
71.2% Very good
MC Read 26
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 22.9
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 21.6
58% 20.2 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.2%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,417 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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