Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 106%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 94%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 86%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics117% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory28.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 18 '19 at 21:03
Run Duration143 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%
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 PC Performing above expectations (69th 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 3.75 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.4% Outstanding
Memory 91.3
1-Core 130
2-Core 261
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 507
8-Core 562
70% 535 Pts
64-Core 583
36% 583 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2151 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
117% Outstanding
Lighting 157
Reflection 159
Parallax 136
128% 151 fps
MRender 124
Gravity 153
Splatting 120
107% 132 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 117%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB
952GB free
Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1090 902 1060 1084 1065 1086 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
157% Outstanding
Read 110
Write 106
Mixed 112
SusWrite 1048
79% 344 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 51.5
158% 66.8 MB/s
DQ Read 805
DQ Write 938
DQ Mixed 847
645% 863 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 157%
Great: 188%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 61 62 63 72 68 62 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
44.6% Average
Read 90.8
Write 89.5
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 64.5
49% 67.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 44.6%
Great: 75%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB
1TB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 85 84 88 86 86 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
45.8% Average
Read 72.2
Write 85
Mixed 91.8
SusWrite 85.7
62% 83.7 MB/s
4K Read 1.8
4K Write 4.6
4K Mixed 0.5
216% 2.3 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 45.8%
Great: 65%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.6% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 28.7
SC Mixed 24.3
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 65.2
61% 65.2 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.6%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,417 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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