Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 61% Destroyer	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 64.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
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.
Boot Drive	85.4% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (20%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R3
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20151111
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Nov 11 '17 at 08:07
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	20%

PC Performing as expected (42^nd 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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	64.2% Good	Memory 76.8 1-Core 81 2-Core 151 61% 103 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 440 44% 360 Pts	64-Core 528 33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 64.2% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.33% Terrible	Lighting 5.77 Reflection 39.5 Parallax 5.56 5% 17 fps	MRender 6.62 Gravity 4.2 Splatting 11.7 6% 7.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.33% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 60GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Read 734 Write 223 Mixed 328 93% 428 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 98.9 4K Mixed 17.8 128% 50.5 MB/s	DQ Read 36.7 DQ Write 216 DQ Mixed 17.3 45% 90 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 128GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (20^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2103 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 6385 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1623 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 93 93 76930 (C2) HDA temperature 253 253 240519086103 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 393 (F1) Unknown 100 100 9193455722 (F2) Unknown 100 100 5346603594 (FE) Unknown 100 100 43	46.4% Average	Read 85.5 Write 76 Mixed 85.8 62% 82.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.46 4K Write 1.33 4K Mixed 0.19 65% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.2% Good	MC Read 25.1 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.2 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 16.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 86.7 46% 86.7 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ 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

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Desktop 58%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	980x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	438x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	753x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	308x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	241x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	110x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	125x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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