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Alienware 17 R3

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Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	98.1% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	8.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '19 at 09:03
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

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PC Performing as expected (42^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 77 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 167 66% 114 Pts	4-Core 350 8-Core 552 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 70.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 417.71 Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.1% Outstanding	Lighting 121 Reflection 115 Parallax 118 99% 118 fps	MRender 158 Gravity 116 Splatting 93.8 97% 123 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 98.1% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 17GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 1,039 Write 353 Mixed 410 131% 601 MB/s	4K Read 35 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 27.2 146% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 803 DQ Write 470 DQ Mixed 595 454% 623 MB/s
Poor: 93% Great: 201%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 454GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 111 110 110 110 110 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.7% Good	Read 123 Write 120 Mixed 28 SusWrite 110 69% 95.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (16^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	65.5% Good	MC Read 24.5 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 21.3 68% 23.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 17 50% 17.4 GB/s	Latency 86.2 46% 86.2 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 76%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

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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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