Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.67% 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	166% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	12.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 11 '18 at 16:33
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	LBN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^st 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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72% Very good	Memory 82.2 1-Core 108 2-Core 197 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 334 8-Core 531 53% 432 Pts	64-Core 543 34% 543 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 72% 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.67% Terrible	Lighting 6.87 Reflection 29.3 Parallax 6.66 6% 14.3 fps	MRender 10.3 Gravity 6.37 Splatting 14 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.67% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 365GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	166% Outstanding	Read 1,562 Write 569 Mixed 794 213% 975 MB/s	4K Read 35.5 4K Write 153 4K Mixed 33.2 177% 73.9 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 360 DQ Mixed 160 178% 301 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 166% Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 727GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1074 (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 98 98 1254 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 739 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 17 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9396 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 188979085346 (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 46 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1547551523 (F2) Unknown 100 100 812391991 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	73% Very good	Read 116 Write 138 Mixed 119 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.29 4K Mixed 0.21 76% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 75%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 9,009 User benchmarks, average bench 28% 122GB free, PID a006 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	33.9% Below average	Read 69.1 Write 81.3 Mixed 63.2 93% 71.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.31 79% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 43%

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 above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 23.5 76% 26.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 24.3 67% 23.5 GB/s	Latency 76.6 52% 76.6 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	980x
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	753x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	308x
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	110x
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	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	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 $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16