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Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	8.55% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	110% 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	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

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

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	7 Days
Run Date	Aug 11 '19 at 14:36
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 112 2-Core 212 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 344 8-Core 566 56% 455 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 82%

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. 26.20.100.6859 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	8.55% Terrible	Lighting 5.9 Reflection 51.1 Parallax 6.28 5% 21.1 fps	MRender 16.7 Gravity 11.6 Splatting 26.6 16% 18.3 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 8.55% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 290 295 294 294 294 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 972 Write 306 Mixed 293 SusWrite 293 102% 466 MB/s	4K Read 41 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 34 170% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 96.2 DQ Mixed 35.9 36% 56.3 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 921GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 115 116 115 115 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.9% Good	Read 118 Write 113 Mixed 21.2 SusWrite 115 66% 91.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.M16FE 1x16GB 578 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	45.2% Average	MC Read 16.2 MC Write 15.9 MC Mixed 13.1 43% 15.1 GB/s	SC Read 11.8 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 15.6 41% 14.3 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 45.2% Great: 77%

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Gaming 10%

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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	977x
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	307x
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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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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