Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

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. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '19 at 08:46
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

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PC Performing above expectations (72^nd 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 3.7 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	82.7% Excellent	Memory 92.2 1-Core 131 2-Core 262 90% 162 Pts	4-Core 396 8-Core 589 61% 492 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82.7% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% EVGA(3842 6686) CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		Lighting 146 Reflection 150 Parallax 140 119% 145 fps	Gravity 143 Splatting 114 111% 128 fps
Poor: 93% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB 1,303 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 952GB free Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 824 1039 1100 1109 1089 1093 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 1,067 Write 978 Mixed 893 SusWrite 1,042 224% 995 MB/s	4K Read 37.2 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 52.4 195% 75.1 MB/s	DQ Read 822 DQ Write 994 DQ Mixed 860 662% 892 MB/s
Poor: 85% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 188%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 107GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 66 66 68 66 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	42.5% Average	Read 81.6 Write 78.4 Mixed 18.1 SusWrite 66.4 44% 61.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 42.5% Great: 75%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 85 86 85 85 87 MB/s Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)	49% Average	Read 84 Write 26.2 Mixed 85 SusWrite 85 52% 70.1 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 5.3 4K Mixed 0.4 201% 2.37 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB 5,073 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 24.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 63.7 63% 63.7 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%

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

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	980x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	438x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	753x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	308x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	241x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	110x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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