Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 107%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 88%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics151% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive138% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Sub-optimal background CPU (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0YRFN8
Memory24.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190530
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 03 '22 at 23:48
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 12%
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 PC Performing as expected (58th 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 (56th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Memory 80.7
1-Core 88.1
2-Core 185
68% 118 Pts
4-Core 326
8-Core 503
51% 414 Pts
64-Core 483
30% 483 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3070-$400
Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
151% Outstanding
Lighting 223
Reflection 206
Parallax 223
182% 217 fps
MRender 199
Gravity 152
Splatting 134
129% 162 fps
Poor: 135%
This bench: 151%
Great: 158%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB
712GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 878 871 892 901 518 546 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 880
Write 764
Mixed 495
SusWrite 768
163% 726 MB/s
4K Read 28.2
4K Write 57.3
4K Mixed 33.4
116% 39.6 MB/s
DQ Read 601
DQ Write 303
DQ Mixed 473
346% 459 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 138%
Great: 201%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
909GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 117 120 114 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
70.3% Very good
Read 129
Write 110
Mixed 71.8
SusWrite 116
78% 106 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 3.3
4K Mixed 1.4
250% 1.83 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 70.3%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1A1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
71.7% Very good
MC Read 25.9
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 23
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.4
SC Write 27.3
SC Mixed 22
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 79.3
50% 79.3 ns
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,422 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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