Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 67.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.85% 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	80.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia 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

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	21.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '16 at 06:03
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	67.7% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 91.5 2-Core 185 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 312 8-Core 491 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 67.7% Great: 69%

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. 20.19.15.4483 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.85% Terrible	Lighting 6.3 Reflection 40.3 Parallax 6 5% 17.5 fps	MRender 7.24 Gravity 5.3 Splatting 12.5 7% 8.34 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.85% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 412GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 76 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 59 22 41 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2067367813	81.2% Excellent	Read 474 Write 375 Mixed 389 92% 413 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 45.7 4K Mixed 31.3 109% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 29.7 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 40.7 56% 97.4 MB/s
Poor: 84% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 133%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 104% 368GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 71 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 30 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 31 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 15 (F1) Unknown 99 99 1663844248	80.1% Excellent	Read 475 Write 439 Mixed 459 102% 458 MB/s	4K Read 28.4 4K Write 49.5 4K Mixed 19.3 94% 32.4 MB/s	DQ Read 29.4 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 54.4 68% 113 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 80.1% Great: 137%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210 25,365 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 397GB free Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 8597 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1314 (B1) Unknown 99 99 22 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 65 33 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 99 99 25 (EB) Unknown 99 99 331 (F1) Unknown 99 99 32567756375	87.1% Excellent	Read 492 Write 449 Mixed 465 105% 468 MB/s	4K Read 24.1 4K Write 51.9 4K Mixed 31.2 104% 35.8 MB/s	DQ Read 190 DQ Write 152 DQ Mixed 42.2 67% 128 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 87.1% Great: 124%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 3,102 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.5% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 25.8 80% 27.9 GB/s	SC Read 12.5 SC Write 26.4 SC Mixed 18.6 55% 19.2 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 84%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	983x
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	755x
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	242x
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	317x
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 i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $250	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16