Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	19.3% 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	127% 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160930
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	May 18 '17 at 14:07
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	ISR-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing above expectations (71^st 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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	77.5% Very good	Memory 86.1 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 75% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 565 58% 468 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.5% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	19.3% Very poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 50 Parallax 47.6 8% 35.9 fps	MRender 59 Gravity 40.1 Splatting 50.9 41% 50 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 19.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 73GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	127% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 297 Mixed 452 158% 731 MB/s	4K Read 37.3 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 18.3 153% 64.3 MB/s	DQ Read 39.5 DQ Write 308 DQ Mixed 17.4 60% 122 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 147%
Storejet TS240GESD220C 240GB 24 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 67GB free Firmware: 0 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Read 425 Write 387 Mixed 410 91% 407 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 36.6 4K Mixed 26.9 82% 27.4 MB/s	DQ Read 133 DQ Write 149 DQ Mixed 72.5 74% 118 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 63%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 50GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (22^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 145 145 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 899 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1280 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 377 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 97 97 33298 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044184098 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 260 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13578520643 (F2) Unknown 100 100 22105128717 (FE) Unknown 100 100 8	48.4% Average	Read 84 Write 84.5 Mixed 84.2 64% 84.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.19 4K Mixed 0.19 61% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 48.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair SODIM DDR4 2133 C15 2x8GB 607 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.8 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 23.9 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.3 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	Latency 71.2 56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 99%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	986x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	439x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	759x
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	82x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	319x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	126x

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