Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 70%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics5.47% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive301% 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 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 000X1C
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20201012
Uptime2.8 Days
Run DateSep 21 '21 at 22:36
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
68.2% Good
Memory 73.8
1-Core 95.4
2-Core 186
67% 118 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 493
52% 415 Pts
64-Core 493
30% 493 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 68.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
5.47% Terrible
Lighting 5.8
Reflection 55.3
Parallax 6.9
5% 22.7 fps
MRender 8.2
Gravity 6.5
Splatting 10
7% 8.23 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.47%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$170
323GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1622 1847 1824 1794 1786 1593 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
301% Outstanding
Read 2,343
Write 1,918
Mixed 1107
SusWrite 1,744
398% 1,778 MB/s
4K Read 47.3
4K Write 138
4K Mixed 66.2
229% 83.8 MB/s
DQ Read 758
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 668
501% 671 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 301%
Great: 393%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
183GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 111 110 111 112 112 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
70.1% Very good
Read 132
Write 102
Mixed 69.1
SusWrite 112
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 4.3
4K Mixed 0.8
202% 1.97 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 70.1%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (28th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
69% Good
MC Read 26.3
MC Write 27.8
MC Mixed 23
73% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 22.5
SC Mixed 13.9
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 92.8
43% 92.8 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 69%
Great: 77%

 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 9 7 60 17.3" 1280 720 LGD0459
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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