Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 28% Raft	Desktop 74% Battleship	Workstation 25% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	32.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	116% 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.
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.

Very high background CPU (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	5.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 17 '18 at 12:58
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	32%

PC Performing above expectations (64^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 75.7 2-Core 159 62% 105 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 495 49% 401 Pts	64-Core 489 30% 489 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0708) 3GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.9101 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	32.7% Below average	Lighting 41.9 Reflection 35.7 Parallax 34.8 34% 37.4 fps	MRender 40.7 Gravity 36.7 Splatting 33.8 30% 37.1 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 32.7% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 48GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,367 Write 193 Mixed 322 134% 627 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 24.3 136% 52.1 MB/s	DQ Read 237 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 101 105% 174 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 524GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (53^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 211 211 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 3097 (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 93 93 3497 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 861 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 22 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 291417 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 214749413411 (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 99 99 709 (F1) Unknown 100 100 14785584672 (F2) Unknown 100 100 17945879949 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	61.6% Good	Read 107 Write 108 Mixed 113 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.19 68% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 61.6% 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 (35^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	68.6% Good	MC Read 24.9 MC Write 27.2 MC Mixed 22.6 71% 24.9 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 19.6 53% 18.5 GB/s	Latency 82.1 49% 82.1 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 68.6% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	977x
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	750x
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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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $15	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
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