Alienware m17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive152% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware m17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m17 R3
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200727
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 24 '21 at 19:39
Run Duration248 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-10750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Memory 92.9
1-Core 132
2-Core 235
88% 153 Pts
4-Core 466
8-Core 770
76% 618 Pts
64-Core 912
56% 912 Pts
Poor: 51%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 89%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super Mobile)
Dell(1028 09CF) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.11
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 123
Reflection 140
Parallax 127
100% 130 fps
Gravity 111
Splatting 108
97% 110 fps
Poor: 79% Great: 105%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Bc511 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
155GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 11004101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 424 333 337 336 331 333 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
152% Outstanding
Read 865
Write 639
Mixed 673
SusWrite 349
141% 632 MB/s
4K Read 47.6
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 61.5
204% 69.5 MB/s
DQ Read 782
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 637
508% 709 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 152%
Great: 177%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234
507GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1542 1286 1282 1284 1279 1270 MB/s
Performing below expectations (20th percentile)
243% Outstanding
Read 1,192
Write 2,284
Mixed 1,142
SusWrite 1,324
337% 1,485 MB/s
4K Read 49.3
4K Write 113
4K Mixed 67.8
221% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,140
DQ Write 902
DQ Mixed 1,020
764% 1,021 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 243%
Great: 371%
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$150
847GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 50 50 54 54 55 57 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
587% Outstanding
Read 6,430
Write 54.7
Mixed 110
SusWrite 53.2
346% 1,662 MB/s
4K Read 810
4K Write 3.4
4K Mixed 7
1,237% 273 MB/s
Poor: 223%
This bench: 587%
Great: 435%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 997GB
123GB free
Firmware: 0.1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 372 246 244 228 229 230 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (10th percentile)
62.7% Good
Read 378
Write 372
Mixed 359
SusWrite 258
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 21.6
4K Write 37.4
4K Mixed 27.2
87% 28.7 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 97.3
DQ Mixed 106
78% 101 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 62.7%
Great: 134%
Asmt 2115 1TB
161GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 75 74 75 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
41.2% Average
Read 69.5
Write 66.8
Mixed 46.5
SusWrite 73.9
47% 64.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 14%
This bench: 41.2%
Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43BB1-CTD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
80.7% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 22.6
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.5
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 24
68% 24 GB/s
Latency 62.3
64% 62.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 80.7%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
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Workstation
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System: Alienware m17 R3

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