Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall 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.
ProcessorWith 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive138% 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.
Run History
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0CFV5H
Memory9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateNov 11 '19 at 16:33
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 104
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 363
8-Core 543
56% 453 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132
Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.12
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
78.4% Very good
Lighting 96.1
Reflection 106
Parallax 98.8
78% 100 fps
MRender 94.7
Gravity 94.5
Splatting 97.3
78% 95.5 fps
Poor: 71%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 88%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
145GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 301 279 255 101 101 101 MB/s
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 1,022
Write 439
Mixed 410
SusWrite 189
113% 515 MB/s
4K Read 37.8
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 43.1
180% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 456
DQ Mixed 553
452% 656 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 138%
Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
195GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 75 74 73 76 78 78 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 100
Write 109
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 75.8
56% 76.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
74.6% Very good
MC Read 27.5
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 23.5
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 16.1
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.1
62% 21.8 GB/s
Latency 69.8
57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 74.6%
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 1,420 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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