Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 68% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	106% 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 Drive	145% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	7.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 09 '19 at 22:15
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	12%

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PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.5% Very good	Memory 86.8 1-Core 98 2-Core 169 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 326 8-Core 502 51% 414 Pts	64-Core 554 34% 554 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
AMD RX 5700-XT-$250 254,908 User benchmarks, average bench 98% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB; Sapphire Radeon RX 5700XT 8GB Ram: 8GB, Driver: 19.9.1 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	106% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 112 Parallax 242 106% 161 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 129 Splatting 154 110% 131 fps
Poor: 91% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 160GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 391 353 309 300 299 278 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	145% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 499 Mixed 400 SusWrite 322 122% 551 MB/s	4K Read 38.8 4K Write 129 4K Mixed 43.6 183% 70.4 MB/s	DQ Read 944 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 544 445% 647 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 145% Great: 172%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 175GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 86 88 87 87 88 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	51.1% Above average	Read 90 Write 76 Mixed 54.5 SusWrite 87.8 57% 77.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 1.2 202% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 51.1% Great: 78%
TOSHIBA MD04ACA400 4TB 44 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 1.5TB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.6 4.7 4.7 4.6 4.7 4.7 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	14.6% Very poor	Read 41 Write 40.7 Mixed 35 SusWrite 4.7 39% 30.3 MB/s	4K Read 2.4 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 1.1 124% 1.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 14.6% Great: 72%
ST975042 0AS 750GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 400GB free, PID 0567 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 37 37 37 37 38 37 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	16.5% Very poor	Read 40.2 Write 39.3 Mixed 29 SusWrite 37.1 49% 36.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 0.8 4K Mixed 0.7 53% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.5% Great: 39%

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 way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	75.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 24.2 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 27.8 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 70.7 57% 70.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 76%

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Desktop 58%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	984x
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	756x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	309x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	243x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	111x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	318x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	126x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $170	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $122	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16