Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 63.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.91% 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	32.5% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (16%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 80% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	3.2 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151028
Uptime	30.2 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 01:11
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	16%
CPU Throttled	80%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	63.8% Good	Memory 75.9 1-Core 94.1 2-Core 157 64% 109 Pts	4-Core 279 8-Core 538 48% 408 Pts	64-Core 544 34% 544 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 63.8% 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. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	5.91% Terrible	Lighting 6.43 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 5.53 5% 7.83 fps	MRender 7.43 Gravity 5.77 Splatting 11.9 7% 8.35 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.91% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 12GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2707 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 972 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 52 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1051 (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 6653382663 (F2) Unknown 99 99 7968038927	32.5% Below average	Read 451 Write 36.1 Mixed 62.9 39% 183 MB/s	4K Read 13.7 4K Write 16.4 4K Mixed 7.05 38% 12.4 MB/s	DQ Read 22.2 DQ Write 17.9 DQ Mixed 5.76 8% 15.3 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32.5% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 873GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 135 135 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1124 (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 94 94 2711 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 964 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 59965 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 210454183958 (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 100 100 195 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2260535423 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3015189147 (FE) Unknown 100 100 27	69.1% Good	Read 126 Write 115 Mixed 121 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.2 73% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	56.2% Above average	MC Read 22 MC Write 21.4 MC Mixed 18.3 59% 20.6 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 13.5 39% 13.6 GB/s	Latency 88.5 45% 88.5 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 74%

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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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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