Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 60.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.24% 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	40.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02VCTC
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '18 at 10:37
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (50^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 2.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	60.2% Good	Memory 76.5 1-Core 80.1 2-Core 140 60% 98.7 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 390 38% 314 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 60.2% 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. 22.20.16.4771 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.24% Terrible	Lighting 5.53 Reflection 11.6 Parallax 5.25 4% 7.45 fps	MRender 6.24 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 11.4 7% 7.66 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.24% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT22D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 3188 (0C) Power cycle count 97 97 2619 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 96 96 77 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1061 (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 11896882429 (F2) Unknown 99 99 10411737327	40.7% Average	Read 502 Write 35 Mixed 79.6 44% 205 MB/s	4K Read 18 4K Write 20.3 4K Mixed 8.4 49% 15.6 MB/s	DQ Read 177 DQ Write 15.3 DQ Mixed 11.4 30% 67.8 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 57%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 643GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 1 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3233 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 3442 (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 2866 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 3 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 2603 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 3076219 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 15 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 44 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 86 86 150080 (C2) HDA temperature 64 50 214749085725 (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 100 100 145 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 2803 (F1) Unknown 96 94 5734694 (F2) Unknown 96 94 6088130 (FE) Unknown 100 100 15	68.3% Good	Read 98.8 Write 139 Mixed 101 84% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 3.02 4K Mixed 0.32 116% 1.31 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 26.9 MC Mixed 23.2 72% 25.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.9 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 15.9 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 87.3 46% 87.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 76%

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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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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