Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 72%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics108% 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 Drive201% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory29.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 28 '19 at 09:29
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (84th 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 way above expectations (90th percentile)
78% Very good
Memory 86.7
1-Core 111
2-Core 208
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 375
8-Core 556
58% 465 Pts
64-Core 545
34% 545 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 78%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
CLim: 2025 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.17
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
108% Outstanding
Lighting 142
Reflection 148
Parallax 126
115% 139 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 142
Splatting 113
100% 124 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 108%
Great: 110%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB
813GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1022 1026 1064 1098 1075 1083 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1058
Write 988
Mixed 852
SusWrite 1,061
223% 990 MB/s
4K Read 36.1
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 50.4
182% 68.4 MB/s
DQ Read 797
DQ Write 922
DQ Mixed 865
650% 861 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 201%
Great: 188%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 126 130 127 128 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
73% Very good
Read 127
Write 125
Mixed 25.9
SusWrite 128
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73%
Great: 75%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB
823GB free
Firmware: 0304
SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 78 82 81 80 81 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
40.1% Average
Read 58.1
Write 78.4
Mixed 79.3
SusWrite 79.8
55% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 1.9
4K Write 4.7
4K Mixed 0.4
211% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 15%
This bench: 40.1%
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)
75.3% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 28.9
MC Mixed 23.9
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 27.6
SC Mixed 24.3
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 70.7
57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 75.3%
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 1,422 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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