Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 115%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 98%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics133% 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.
Boot Drive202% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory27.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161212
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateMay 31 '17 at 01:51
Run Duration180 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%

 PC Performing above expectations (70th 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 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.3% Excellent
Memory 86
1-Core 127
2-Core 253
86% 155 Pts
4-Core 476
8-Core 701
73% 589 Pts
64-Core 701
43% 701 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 87.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 381.65
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
133% Outstanding
Lighting 187
Reflection 192
Parallax 197
152% 192 fps
MRender 132
Gravity 181
Splatting 126
118% 146 fps
Poor: 109%
This bench: 133%
Great: 133%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
378GB free
Firmware: EXM03B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 71% Great: 124%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB
364GB free
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,461
Write 925
Mixed 1,058
254% 1,148 MB/s
4K Read 40.2
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 44.1
189% 73.3 MB/s
DQ Read 469
DQ Write 441
DQ Mixed 181
211% 364 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 192%
Great: 201%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625
197GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B0QBXX7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
202% Outstanding
Read 1,676
Write 1,238
Mixed 1,357
316% 1,424 MB/s
4K Read 47.2
4K Write 142
4K Mixed 31.1
186% 73.4 MB/s
DQ Read 47.9
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 31.6
45% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 138%
This bench: 202%
Great: 283%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (39th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.4% Good
MC Read 24.7
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 21.4
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 24.9
SC Mixed 22.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 71.2
56% 71.2 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 68.4%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,417 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 10%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 58%
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Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17 R3

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