Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 28%
Raft
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 25%
Raft
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 67.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics33.6% 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 Drive211% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0GH72M
Memory23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190530
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 28 '20 at 17:40
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 (89th percentile)
67.1% Good
Memory 75.9
1-Core 76.5
2-Core 172
62% 108 Pts
4-Core 314
8-Core 536
52% 425 Pts
64-Core 524
32% 524 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 67.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.07% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 39.7
Parallax 6.25
5% 17.4 fps
MRender 8.67
Gravity 5.93
Splatting 12.9
8% 9.17 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.07%
Great: 6%
Nvidia GTX 970M
Dell(1028 0708) 3GB
CLim: 1038 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 419.72
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
33.6% Below average
Lighting 42
Reflection 40.9
Parallax 37.1
34% 40 fps
MRender 43.6
Gravity 39.6
Splatting 37.1
32% 40.1 fps
Poor: 25%
This bench: 33.6%
Great: 33%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme Seagate FireCuda 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: STES Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1465 1564 1397 1433 1517 1488 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
211% Outstanding
Read 1,398
Write 196
Mixed 1,368
SusWrite 1,477
249% 1,110 MB/s
4K Read 28.5
4K Write 83.5
4K Mixed 47.4
148% 53.1 MB/s
DQ Read 514
DQ Write 291
DQ Mixed 333
266% 379 MB/s
Poor: 161%
This bench: 211%
Great: 480%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB
287GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 360 331 339 347 341 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)
92.8% Outstanding
Read 441
Write 136
Mixed 353
SusWrite 344
71% 319 MB/s
4K Read 31.2
4K Write 58.9
4K Mixed 37.6
127% 42.6 MB/s
DQ Read 366
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 324
245% 330 MB/s
Poor: 79%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 131%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
379GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 38 36 35 67 114 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
53.2% Above average
Read 131
Write 27.7
Mixed 63.5
SusWrite 54.1
51% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.9
4K Mixed 1.3
209% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 53.2%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown J642GU42J5213N1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (17th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
61.5% Good
MC Read 22.9
MC Write 23.6
MC Mixed 20.3
64% 22.3 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 22.5
SC Mixed 15.1
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 88.6
45% 88.6 ns
Poor: 57%
This bench: 61.5%
Great: 72%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,425 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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