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Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 67% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 72.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.8% 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% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	3.1 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 04 '18 at 18:39
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	LKA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.4% Very good	Memory 83.8 1-Core 87.1 2-Core 189 69% 120 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 486 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 481 30% 481 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72.4% 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.dll Ver. 21.20.16.4590 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.8% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 97 Parallax 6.19 5% 36.4 fps	MRender 7.67 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 12.8 7% 8.54 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.8% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 5482 (0C) Power cycle count 96 96 3187 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 93 93 142 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1070 (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 16863887862 (F2) Unknown 99 99 30688880081	32% Below average	Read 322 Write 21.8 Mixed 52.1 28% 132 MB/s	4K Read 21.3 4K Write 10.5 4K Mixed 8.14 48% 13.3 MB/s	DQ Read 154 DQ Write 15.6 DQ Mixed 13.9 28% 61.2 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 31GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 152 152 81604378625 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 4791 (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 88 88 5478 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2834 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 99 99 235 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 77 77 238470 (C2) HDA temperature 153 153 223339544615 (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 98 98 947 (F1) Unknown 100 100 23906303955 (F2) Unknown 99 99 71429490969 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	47.5% Average	Read 86.4 Write 79 Mixed 79.4 61% 81.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 1.26 4K Mixed 0.19 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.5% 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 as expected (50^th percentile)	68.2% Good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 25 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 25.1 SC Mixed 20.2 57% 19.9 GB/s	Latency 73.7 54% 73.7 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 74%

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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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