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Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 68% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	6.75% 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	123% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 12 '18 at 19:10
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	CHE-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing as expected (48^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 as expected (56^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 78.5 1-Core 97 2-Core 194 70% 123 Pts	4-Core 329 8-Core 550 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 547 34% 547 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.8% 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 (100^th percentile)	6.75% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 50.4 Parallax 7 6% 21.5 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 6.4 Splatting 14.2 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.75% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 222GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 413 385 364 355 206 119 MB/s Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 829 Write 504 Mixed 375 SusWrite 307 112% 504 MB/s	4K Read 27.5 4K Write 98.1 4K Mixed 39.7 144% 55.1 MB/s	DQ Read 763 DQ Write 456 DQ Mixed 549 425% 589 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 133GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 100 100 99 99 100 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 106 Write 82.5 Mixed 32.3 SusWrite 99.6 58% 80 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 112% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 75%

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 (11^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	61% Good	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 24.8 MC Mixed 20.5 62% 21.6 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 23.3 SC Mixed 19.4 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 83.3 48% 83.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 61% Great: 76%

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Gaming

Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

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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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

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