Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Jet ski	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 30% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	40.5% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	150% 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	32GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	23.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '21 at 02:24
Run Duration	172 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 96.8 2-Core 190 71% 123 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 531 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 529 33% 529 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 73.6% 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 Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6677 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.5% Average	Lighting 49.7 Reflection 55.4 Parallax 52.8 40% 52.6 fps	MRender 54.7 Gravity 50.6 Splatting 44.7 40% 50 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 371GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 551 572 560 575 243 149 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 952 Write 573 Mixed 444 SusWrite 442 134% 603 MB/s	4K Read 39.8 4K Write 117 4K Mixed 44 179% 67.1 MB/s	DQ Read 828 DQ Write 538 DQ Mixed 217 287% 527 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 172%
Liteon L8H-128V2G-11 M.2 2280 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 12GB free Firmware: F87110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 149 147 133 108 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 478 Write 146 Mixed 199 SusWrite 130 52% 238 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 79.3 4K Mixed 34.3 127% 47 MB/s	DQ Read 254 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 130 116% 176 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 84%
Samsung RBX Series 6 64GB 19 User benchmarks, average bench 14% 20GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 77 75 64 73 75 74 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	20.6% Poor	Read 105 Write 87 Mixed 94.7 SusWrite 72.8 20% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 15.6 4K Write 5.9 4K Mixed 9.8 39% 10.4 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 20.6% Great: 19%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 317GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 98 98 99 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 114 Write 89.2 Mixed 69.7 SusWrite 97.9 68% 92.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.2 4K Mixed 1.4 267% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 61.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CPB 2x16GB 4,393 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 25.8 MC Write 24.2 MC Mixed 22.2 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 27.5 SC Mixed 21.4 61% 21.2 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 76%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	12	10	60	17.3"	1280 720	SHP145E LQ173D1JW31

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	976x
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	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	306x
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

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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