Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.88% 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	190% 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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0YRFN8
Memory	26 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 13:46
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 (35^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 78 1-Core 86.2 2-Core 186 67% 117 Pts	4-Core 302 8-Core 409 45% 356 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 66.6% 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. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.88% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 51 Parallax 5.59 5% 21 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 5.57 Splatting 12.6 7% 8.46 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.88% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 197GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	190% Outstanding	Read 2,166 Write 1,159 Mixed 1,364 345% 1,563 MB/s	4K Read 28.8 4K Write 48.8 4K Mixed 15.2 89% 30.9 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 14 48% 106 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 190% Great: 280%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 134 134 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2651 (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 90 90 4553 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 758 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 29 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 202995 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 210454052897 (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 95 95 2356 (F1) Unknown 100 100 27367104750 (F2) Unknown 100 100 34320919777 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	71.8% Very good	Read 126 Write 124 Mixed 128 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 82% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8213.C16FBR 2x16GB 175 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	58.5% Above average	MC Read 19 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 18.5 60% 20.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.6 SC Write 21.9 SC Mixed 16.2 47% 16.6 GB/s	Latency 84.4 47% 84.4 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 58.5% Great: 108%

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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	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	751x
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	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 $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 $40	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