Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 63.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.55% 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	136% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 000X1C
Memory	8.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	3.3 Days
Run Date	Feb 18 '18 at 01:50
Run Duration	116 Seconds
Run User	TUR-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile)	63.9% Good	Memory 77 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 142 61% 102 Pts	4-Core 290 8-Core 320 40% 305 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 63.9% 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 (97^th percentile)	5.55% Terrible	Lighting 5.7 Reflection 43.7 Parallax 5.38 5% 18.2 fps	MRender 7.9 Gravity 5.57 Splatting 12 7% 8.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 1,522 Write 573 Mixed 784 210% 960 MB/s	4K Read 31.3 4K Write 95.5 4K Mixed 19.8 123% 48.9 MB/s	DQ Read 33.5 DQ Write 159 DQ Mixed 26.6 41% 73.1 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 930GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd 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 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 4435 (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 84 84 7123 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1108 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 89 89 115730 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214748889123 (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 99 99 833 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15199361720 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15644988481 (FE) Unknown 100 100 10	74.3% Very good	Read 132 Write 127 Mixed 132 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.21 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	60.9% Good	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 26.6 MC Mixed 20.7 65% 22.6 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.2 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 86.3 46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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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