Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.68% 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	190% 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	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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	27.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 23 '17 at 23:28
Run Duration	121 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.3% Very good	Memory 87.7 1-Core 126 2-Core 213 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 707 65% 544 Pts	64-Core 683 42% 683 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

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.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4771 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.68% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 51.2 Parallax 6.59 6% 21.6 fps	MRender 9.14 Gravity 6.47 Splatting 14.3 9% 9.96 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.68% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN51T02DUK NV 1TB 2,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 382GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 1,604 Write 772 Mixed 883 239% 1,086 MB/s	4K Read 32.8 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 58 193% 73.8 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 339 DQ Mixed 191 202% 338 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 163%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 383GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 130 130 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 317 (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 100 100 267 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 252 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3363 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 206159413274 (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 22 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3154482335 (F2) Unknown 100 100 640387230 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	50.9% Above average	Read 92 Write 85.3 Mixed 92.6 68% 90 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB 5,073 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	MC Read 27.1 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 74% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.6 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 75%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	977x
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	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 i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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