Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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
Memory26.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180108
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 09 '21 at 15:43
Run Duration137 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU4%
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 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
79.5% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 113
2-Core 221
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 628
60% 498 Pts
64-Core 626
39% 626 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 79.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
MSI(1462 373D) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2310 MHz, MLim: 3595 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 137
Reflection 123
Parallax 10.5
112% 90.1 fps
MRender 180
Gravity 124
Splatting 114
111% 139 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 109%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$320
54GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 2,623
Write 2,230
Mixed 1,460
466% 2,104 MB/s
4K Read 55.5
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 81.2
275% 100 MB/s
DQ Read 1,070
DQ Write 859
DQ Mixed 964
722% 964 MB/s
Poor: 215% Great: 425%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
104GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 99 98 99 99 99 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
57% Above average
Read 100
Write 69.9
Mixed 58.6
SusWrite 97.8
60% 81.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.6
4K Mixed 0.8
170% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 57%
Great: 78%
Generic STORAGE DEVICE 8GB
7GB free, PID 0743
Operating at USB 2.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 16 16 16 16 16 16 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
9.65% Terrible
Read 22
Write 16.2
Mixed 17.9
SusWrite 16.1
24% 18 MB/s
4K Read 3.4
4K Write 0.7
4K Mixed 1.1
74% 1.73 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 9.65%
Great: 19%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
83.7% Excellent
MC Read 30.2
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 26.4
84% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26.1
75% 26.3 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 66%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 87%

 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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