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Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 58% Gunboat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 61.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	4.83% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	6.8 Days
Run Date	May 26 '19 at 01:50
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	KWT-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	61.1% Good	Memory 66.7 1-Core 85.2 2-Core 160 60% 104 Pts	4-Core 299 8-Core 504 49% 402 Pts	64-Core 514 32% 514 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	4.83% Terrible	Lighting 5.63 Reflection 39.6 Parallax 5.81 5% 17 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 4.97 Splatting 6.57 5% 6.51 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.83% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 186GB free Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 297 295 295 294 296 295 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 920 Write 304 Mixed 352 SusWrite 295 103% 468 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 96.3 4K Mixed 33 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 590 DQ Write 309 DQ Mixed 413 316% 437 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 647GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 88 102 112 106 109 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 127 Write 120 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 104 67% 93.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.6 116% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53% Above average	MC Read 18.9 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 10.8 SC Write 15.3 SC Mixed 14.2 38% 13.4 GB/s	Latency 109 37% 109 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 53% Great: 76%

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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

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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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

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