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Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.46% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	131% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20201012
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 21 '21 at 02:08
Run Duration	157 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 115 2-Core 182 75% 127 Pts	4-Core 414 8-Core 518 60% 466 Pts	64-Core 495 31% 495 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9168 Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	4.46% Terrible	Lighting 5.8 Reflection 61.7 Parallax 6.7 5% 24.7 fps	MRender 8.2 Gravity 8.1 Splatting 0.2 4% 5.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 4.46% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 166GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 292 293 294 295 294 279 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 907 Write 305 Mixed 329 SusWrite 291 101% 458 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 122 4K Mixed 37 165% 64.9 MB/s	DQ Read 936 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 414 360% 554 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 147%
WD Blue 2.5" 500GB (2013) 72,354 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 326GB free Firmware: 02.01A02 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 89 91 91 91 92 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	53.3% Above average	Read 94.9 Write 98 Mixed 55.4 SusWrite 90.6 62% 84.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 139% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 22% ↑ This bench: 53.3% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 28.7 MC Mixed 23.7 76% 26.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.3 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 22 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 76%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

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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

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	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

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