Alienware m17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith 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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive251% 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
SystemAlienware m17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m17 R3
Memory21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20230314
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 06 '23 at 21:17
Run Duration291 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing below expectations (35th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 92.6
1-Core 107
2-Core 192
77% 131 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 539
54% 437 Pts
64-Core 724
45% 724 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics
Dell(1028 09D1) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 154
Parallax 7.6
5% 56 fps
Gravity 5.8
Splatting 9.4
7% 7.6 fps
Poor: 4% Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 4TB
3TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1965 1961 1859 1844 1833 1805 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
251% Outstanding
Read 1,529
Write 1,982
Mixed 1,469
SusWrite 1,878
388% 1,714 MB/s
4K Read 45.3
4K Write 79.7
4K Mixed 55.7
182% 60.2 MB/s
DQ Read 270
DQ Write 565
DQ Mixed 332
277% 389 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 251%
Great: 672%
PC SN530 NVMe WDC 512GB
477GB free
Firmware: 21113012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 845 434 437 434 433 433 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
147% Outstanding
Read 868
Write 1,110
Mixed 1,034
SusWrite 503
198% 878 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 81.5
4K Mixed 54
169% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 662
DQ Write 607
DQ Mixed 657
487% 642 MB/s
Poor: 110%
This bench: 147%
Great: 236%
Memorex USB Flash Drive 64GB
26GB free, PID 7722
Operating at USB 3.2 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 15 15 15 15 15 15 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
24.2% Poor
Read 111
Write 11.2
Mixed 21
SusWrite 14.8
37% 39.5 MB/s
4K Read 6.2
4K Write 1.1
4K Mixed 1.8
122% 3.03 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 24.2%
Great: 26%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2G44AM0-CTD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
68.6% Good
MC Read 26.4
MC Write 25.6
MC Mixed 19
68% 23.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.8
SC Write 28.8
SC Mixed 21.5
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 62.9
64% 62.9 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 68.6%
Great: 81%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 78%
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Desktop
Desktop 86%
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Workstation
Workstation 70%
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System: Alienware m17 R3

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