Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 65% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	112% 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 Drive	151% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	17.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	1.9 Days
Run Date	Apr 10 '19 at 21:26
Run Duration	185 Seconds
Run User	AUT-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing below expectations (26^th 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 3.6 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 88.4 1-Core 85.3 2-Core 163 67% 112 Pts	4-Core 278 8-Core 404 43% 341 Pts	64-Core 436 27% 436 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia Titan X Pascal-$286 8,692 User benchmarks, average bench 121% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 419.35 Performing below potential (12^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	112% Outstanding	Lighting 151 Reflection 161 Parallax 152 123% 155 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 150 Splatting 113 100% 123 fps
Poor: 108% ↑ This bench: 112% Great: 132%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 4,056 User benchmarks, average bench 250% 85GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 359 284 296 296 280 281 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	151% Outstanding	Read 1,538 Write 318 Mixed 451 SusWrite 299 142% 652 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 84.3 4K Mixed 44.2 151% 53.7 MB/s	DQ Read 687 DQ Write 421 DQ Mixed 443 360% 517 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 151% Great: 331%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$95 455,997 User benchmarks, average bench 310% 931GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 952 931 965 972 985 970 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	195% Outstanding	Read 1,135 Write 977 Mixed 998 SusWrite 962 229% 1,018 MB/s	4K Read 43.1 4K Write 95.9 4K Mixed 60.8 194% 66.6 MB/s	DQ Read 712 DQ Write 643 DQ Mixed 681 510% 679 MB/s
Poor: 188% ↑ This bench: 195% Great: 410%
Asmt ASM1156-PM 10TB 32 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 7TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 240 235 245 241 246 242 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	136% Outstanding	Read 230 Write 236 Mixed 131 SusWrite 242 154% 210 MB/s	4K Read 2.5 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.4 349% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 136% Great: 115%
Seagate ST4000LM016-1N2170 4TB 2,075 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 92GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 57 48 45 40 48 40 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	24% Poor	Read 36 Write 70.2 Mixed 104 SusWrite 46.3 49% 64 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 3.9 4K Mixed 0.6 181% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 24% Great: 66%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 649 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.6% Good	MC Read 23.1 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 22.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 13 SC Write 21.2 SC Mixed 15.8 48% 16.7 GB/s	Latency 69.2 58% 69.2 ns
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 103%

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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	976x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	437x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	306x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	240x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	108x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	316x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	138x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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