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Alienware 17 R3

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Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	34.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	5.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 13 '20 at 20:28
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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 (100^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 92.2 2-Core 181 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 318 8-Core 517 51% 418 Pts	64-Core 526 33% 526 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4219 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	34.1% Below average	Lighting 43.5 Reflection 38.5 Parallax 35.4 35% 39.1 fps	MRender 42.9 Gravity 37.2 Splatting 36.1 31% 38.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 34.1% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 356 256 250 256 239 114 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 988 Write 778 Mixed 745 SusWrite 245 154% 689 MB/s	4K Read 42.9 4K Write 126 4K Mixed 59.4 208% 76.1 MB/s	DQ Read 741 DQ Write 657 DQ Mixed 405 384% 601 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 141%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 931GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 130 128 131 132 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Read 139 Write 106 Mixed 71 SusWrite 131 82% 112 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 0.9 217% 2.07 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 1x8GB 560 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 1 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	40% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 13.6 MC Mixed 12 38% 13.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.2 SC Write 12.7 SC Mixed 13 35% 12.3 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 40% Great: 43%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	976x
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	306x
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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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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