Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 60%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 52%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 69.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics80.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive231% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0GH72M
Memory27.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0.4 Days
Run DateNov 18 '18 at 02:37
Run Duration158 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%
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 PC Performing above expectations (71st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.4% Good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 92.3
2-Core 141
64% 104 Pts
4-Core 315
8-Core 548
52% 432 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
80.2% Excellent
Lighting 98.9
Reflection 111
Parallax 92.7
81% 101 fps
MRender 95.9
Gravity 94.6
Splatting 99.5
80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 88%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.83% Terrible
Lighting 5.97
Reflection 8.73
Parallax 5.97
5% 6.89 fps
MRender 9.19
Gravity 5.67
Splatting 12.3
8% 9.05 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.83%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
328GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1210 1194 592 596 592 588 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
231% Outstanding
Read 1,670
Write 1,455
Mixed 677
SusWrite 796
256% 1,150 MB/s
4K Read 52.6
4K Write 156
4K Mixed 61.3
241% 90 MB/s
DQ Read 989
DQ Write 918
DQ Mixed 771
628% 892 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 231%
Great: 254%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB
119GB free
Firmware: FXT21D1Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 128 131 131 131 130 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
56.2% Above average
Read 460
Write 132
Mixed 166
SusWrite 130
49% 222 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 42.7
4K Mixed 18.8
84% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 169
DQ Write 40.8
DQ Mixed 56.4
54% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 56.2%
Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
75GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 94 95 95 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
62.8% Good
Read 125
Write 120
Mixed 32.6
SusWrite 94.2
67% 93 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 62.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial BLS16G4S240FSD.16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (22nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 24.2
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.3
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 19.9
59% 20.8 GB/s
Latency 79.7
50% 79.7 ns
Poor: 64%
This bench: 73%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,420 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17 R3

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