Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 120%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 102%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics137% 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 Drive169% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0M5CM7
Memory12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit Farben,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170728
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 16 '17 at 19:18
Run Duration108 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.7% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 127
2-Core 250
87% 156 Pts
4-Core 459
8-Core 690
71% 575 Pts
64-Core 688
43% 688 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 87.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia Titan Xp
Nvidia(10DE 123F) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2126 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 12GB, Driver: 388.43
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
137% Outstanding
Lighting 190
Reflection 214
Parallax 213
154% 206 fps
MRender 139
Gravity 200
Splatting 147
132% 162 fps
Poor: 114%
This bench: 137%
Great: 140%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
310GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
169% Outstanding
Read 1,524
Write 563
Mixed 751
207% 946 MB/s
4K Read 39.4
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 40.3
180% 69.7 MB/s
DQ Read 500
DQ Write 363
DQ Mixed 167
197% 343 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 169%
Great: 172%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130
32GB free
Firmware: EMT02B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 515
Write 397
Mixed 417
98% 443 MB/s
4K Read 36.5
4K Write 66.6
4K Mixed 30.8
130% 44.6 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 253
DQ Mixed 132
148% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 98%
Great: 133%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
76.4% Very good
MC Read 28
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 23.5
77% 26.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 30.2
SC Mixed 23.1
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 67
60% 67 ns
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,419 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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