Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 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 89%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive138% 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.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0YRFN8
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 07 '19 at 18:39
Run Duration122 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%
Watch Gameplay: 2070 + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (68th 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 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
89% Excellent
Memory 93.8
1-Core 126
2-Core 233
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 693
71% 574 Pts
64-Core 676
42% 676 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 89%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1881
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 123
Reflection 110
Parallax 98.6
100% 111 fps
Gravity 101
Splatting 93.1
85% 97 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
77GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 295 273 273 288 291 283 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 991
Write 302
Mixed 333
SusWrite 284
105% 478 MB/s
4K Read 37.4
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 38.2
176% 69.6 MB/s
DQ Read 958
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 379
346% 549 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 138%
Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
562GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 91 95 95 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
60.8% Good
Read 118
Write 114
Mixed 28.3
SusWrite 93.2
64% 88.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
78% Very good
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 23.8
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.3
SC Write 31.2
SC Mixed 24.7
71% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 60.4
66% 60.4 ns
Poor: 60%
This bench: 78%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,425 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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