Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 69%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.52% 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 Drive143% 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
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161212
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateSep 11 '19 at 15:09
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (62nd 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 (97th percentile)
69% Good
Memory 76.2
1-Core 90.5
2-Core 178
66% 115 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 510
52% 422 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.6859
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.52% Terrible
Lighting 5.8
Reflection 50.2
Parallax 5.75
5% 20.6 fps
MRender 8.33
Gravity 5.23
Splatting 11.2
7% 8.26 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.52%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
190GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 557 564 562 117 147 146 MB/s
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
143% Outstanding
Read 914
Write 567
Mixed 447
SusWrite 349
126% 569 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 41.1
168% 64 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 595
491% 713 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 143%
Great: 172%
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226
608GB free
Firmware: X41200RL
SusWrite @10s intervals: 332 301 300 299 298 295 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
Read 409
Write 344
Mixed 224
SusWrite 304
72% 320 MB/s
4K Read 24.4
4K Write 61.6
4K Mixed 29.9
108% 38.6 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 273
DQ Mixed 211
186% 280 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 82.2%
Great: 107%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.2% Good
MC Read 21.6
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 22.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.8
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 14.3
43% 15.1 GB/s
Latency 88
46% 88 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 63.2%
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%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17 R3

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