Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	39.9% 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	113% 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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. CPU throttled at 81% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	2.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '21 at 13:40
Run Duration	126 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	25%
CPU Throttled	81%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th 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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	72.6% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 93 2-Core 177 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 516 53% 425 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 72.6% 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: 8GB, Driver: 465.89 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.9% Below average	Lighting 48.2 Reflection 54.7 Parallax 49.2 39% 50.7 fps	MRender 55.7 Gravity 51.1 Splatting 45.8 41% 50.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Lenovo SL700 PCI-E M.2 128G 128GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: ECFM12.2 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 159 172 119 114 105 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 915 Write 325 Mixed 391 SusWrite 132 96% 441 MB/s	4K Read 33.9 4K Write 115 4K Mixed 51.7 178% 66.9 MB/s	DQ Read 356 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 240 191% 271 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 144%
Toshiba MK6476GSXN 640GB 655 User benchmarks, average bench 37% 338GB free Firmware: GB001M SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 89 90 88 87 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	51.5% Above average	Read 91.2 Write 84.4 Mixed 31 SusWrite 88.1 54% 73.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 117% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 51.5% Great: 49%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1A1 1x16GB 430 User benchmarks, average bench 38% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	39.2% Below average	MC Read 13.8 MC Write 13.8 MC Mixed 11.8 38% 13.1 GB/s	SC Read 10.6 SC Write 12.5 SC Mixed 12.2 34% 11.8 GB/s	Latency 74.9 53% 74.9 ns
Poor: 30% ↑ This bench: 39.2% Great: 42%

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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	978x
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	751x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	307x
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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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