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Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


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 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	5.33% 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.
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 0GH72M
Memory	7.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190530
Uptime	6.9 Days
Run Date	Oct 29 '21 at 12:28
Run Duration	255 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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 i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92.3 1-Core 107 2-Core 199 78% 133 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 551 56% 451 Pts	64-Core 548 34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 69%

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. 26.20.100.7263 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.33% Terrible	Lighting 5.5 Reflection 42.6 Parallax 7.2 4% 18.4 fps	MRender 8.7 Gravity 6.2 Splatting 10.1 7% 8.33 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
St1000lm044 HN-M101SAD 480GB 169GB free (System drive) Firmware: M6CR022 SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 82 5 5 326 81 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples		Read 457 Write 385 Mixed 381 SusWrite 143 76% 341 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 74.5 4K Mixed 23.4 109% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 206 DQ Write 315 DQ Mixed 34.6 90% 185 MB/s

Seagate ST1000LM 044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 47 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 793GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 40 41 42 42 42 42 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	23.8% Poor	Read 40.1 Write 38.6 Mixed 35.5 SusWrite 41.3 29% 38.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.5 4K Mixed 1.2 250% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 23.8% Great: 79%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT8G4SFS8266.C8FE 2x8GB 882 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 30.9 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 31.5 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 63.5 63% 63.5 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 84%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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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