Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 99%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 28 '20 at 02:38
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (56th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
76.2% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 209
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 382
8-Core 621
61% 501 Pts
64-Core 622
38% 622 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2062 MHz, MLim: 2775 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 457.30
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
128% Outstanding
Lighting 173
Reflection 191
Parallax 182
141% 182 fps
MRender 138
Gravity 190
Splatting 132
124% 153 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 128%
Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.52% Terrible
Lighting 6
Reflection 7.4
Parallax 7.1
5% 6.83 fps
MRender 8.3
Gravity 6.2
Splatting 9.7
7% 8.07 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.52%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
693GB free
Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1002 1069 1094 1114 1147 1088 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
257% Outstanding
Read 1,434
Write 1,179
Mixed 1176
SusWrite 1,086
274% 1,219 MB/s
4K Read 61.1
4K Write 148
4K Mixed 86.7
282% 98.7 MB/s
DQ Read 1,125
DQ Write 902
DQ Mixed 1,000
752% 1,009 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 257%
Great: 372%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
17GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 1,030
Write 299
Mixed 322
119% 550 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 16.8
150% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 960
DQ Write 267
DQ Mixed 412
356% 547 MB/s
Poor: 77% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
370GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 96 97 98 97 98 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
46.1% Average
Read 65
Write 81.7
Mixed 20
SusWrite 95.6
48% 65.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 46.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1A1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (31st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.4% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 25.2
MC Mixed 21
67% 23.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 20.2
57% 20 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 66.4%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,418 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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