Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 56% Gunboat	Workstation 19% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 48.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	33.8% 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	37% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '17 at 03:12
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 1.5 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	48.3% Average	Memory 71.1 1-Core 34.6 2-Core 63.9 39% 56.5 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 292 25% 215 Pts	64-Core 460 28% 460 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 48.3% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	33.8% Below average	Lighting 43.1 Reflection 38.8 Parallax 35.3 35% 39.1 fps	MRender 42 Gravity 37.4 Splatting 35.6 31% 38.3 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2979 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1444 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 85 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1065 (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 13776118472 (F2) Unknown 99 99 12166740940	37% Below average	Read 475 Write 64.2 Mixed 113 46% 217 MB/s	4K Read 11.6 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 7.32 36% 11.8 MB/s	DQ Read 137 DQ Write 19.8 DQ Mixed 5.86 23% 54.1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 37% Great: 57%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 513GB free Firmware: 2BA30001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 91 2541 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1652 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1077 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 22 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 559 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 56 (C0) Power-off retract count 252 252 0 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 210454380580 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 155 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 22 (E1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16471	54% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 95.5 Mixed 97.9 72% 95.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 2.06 4K Mixed 0.27 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 54% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1A1 2x16GB 852 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 23.9 MC Mixed 21.6 62% 21.7 GB/s	SC Read 7.9 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 11 31% 10.9 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 84%

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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	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	751x
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	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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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