Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics110% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive129% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 18 '18 at 05:16
Run Duration209 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU5%
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 PC Performing above expectations (64th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
72.5% Very good
Memory 79.4
1-Core 106
2-Core 197
73% 127 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 542
55% 448 Pts
64-Core 562
35% 562 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 72.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
110% Outstanding
Lighting 144
Reflection 152
Parallax 143
117% 146 fps
MRender 117
Gravity 146
Splatting 115
102% 126 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 110%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
113GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 218 217 210 204 205 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
129% Outstanding
Read 1,058
Write 271
Mixed 292
SusWrite 213
100% 459 MB/s
4K Read 38.6
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 33.4
170% 67.3 MB/s
DQ Read 806
DQ Write 254
DQ Mixed 329
295% 463 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 129%
Great: 147%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB
82GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 354 305 302 271 297 297 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
112% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 434
Mixed 367
SusWrite 304
88% 393 MB/s
4K Read 43.1
4K Write 101
4K Mixed 56.1
191% 66.7 MB/s
DQ Read 365
DQ Write 315
DQ Mixed 333
251% 338 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 112%
Great: 122%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
149GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 75 75 72 75 73 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
44% Average
Read 78.9
Write 75.4
Mixed 17.6
SusWrite 74.5
44% 61.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 44%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
72.4% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 23.6
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 26.5
SC Mixed 22.4
61% 21.3 GB/s
Latency 81.7
49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.4%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,418 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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