Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 101%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 84%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics135% 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 Drive246% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 02VCTC
Memory11 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 29 '19 at 16:04
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
74% Very good
Memory 81.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 191
74% 127 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 516
55% 438 Pts
64-Core 521
32% 521 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.32% Terrible
Lighting 6.53
Reflection 9.88
Parallax 6.38
5% 7.6 fps
MRender 9.71
Gravity 6.17
Splatting 13.2
8% 9.68 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.32%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
135% Outstanding
Lighting 171
Reflection 203
Parallax 213
139% 196 fps
MRender 244
Gravity 199
Splatting 133
151% 192 fps
Poor: 128%
This bench: 135%
Great: 174%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
248GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 550 237 199 229 240 244 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
246% Outstanding
Read 2,265
Write 1,940
Mixed 1,300
SusWrite 283
322% 1,447 MB/s
4K Read 62.7
4K Write 159
4K Mixed 88.2
292% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1124
DQ Write 1,000
DQ Mixed 1,053
792% 1,059 MB/s
Poor: 199%
This bench: 246%
Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
930GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 138 136 135 135 138 137 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
79.6% Very good
Read 141
Write 139
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 136
80% 111 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 0.6
131% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
72.7% Very good
MC Read 26.6
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 22.9
74% 25.9 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 22.1
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 77.5
52% 77.5 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,417 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
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Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
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System: Alienware 17 R3

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