Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 26% Raft	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 24% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (20th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 80 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.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	53.1% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.

Very high background CPU (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 17 '17 at 16:28
Run Duration	224 Seconds
Run User	BRA-User
Background CPU	37%

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PC Performing below expectations (20^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 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	43.1% Average	Memory 58.2 1-Core 28 2-Core 44.4 31% 43.5 Pts	4-Core 152 8-Core 377 30% 264 Pts	64-Core 432 27% 432 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 43.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% EVGA(3842 6171) CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 378.66 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	53.1% Above average	Lighting 51 Reflection 66.3 Parallax 103 42% 73.4 fps	MRender 94 Gravity 88.1 Splatting 93.7 75% 92 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 53.1% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB 28,058 User benchmarks, average bench 102% 63GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 1369 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 462 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 42 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 6 (F1) Unknown 99 99 412955064	62.6% Good	Read 495 Write 386 Mixed 405 95% 428 MB/s	4K Read 17.1 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 12.2 55% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 21.7 DQ Write 109 DQ Mixed 9.02 24% 46.6 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 122%
Samsung CM871 M.2 2280 128GB 3,215 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: FXT21D1Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2465 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 946 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 97 97 46 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 1065 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 6275412975 (F2) Unknown 99 99 9403456028	33.8% Below average	Read 471 Write 68.3 Mixed 79.4 44% 206 MB/s	4K Read 10.1 4K Write 18.2 4K Mixed 6.84 34% 11.7 MB/s	DQ Read 14.6 DQ Write 19.1 DQ Mixed 17.3 13% 17 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 57%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 308GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 138 138 85899345922 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1100 (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 95 95 2480 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 918 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 34 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 122806 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 240519151641 (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 98 98 1026 (F1) Unknown 100 100 22940325115 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29798048265 (FE) Unknown 100 100 39	53.7% Above average	Read 92.5 Write 94.6 Mixed 14 48% 67 MB/s	4K Read 0.41 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.16 59% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBR 1x16GB 690 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 1 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	39.5% Below average	MC Read 15.4 MC Write 15.3 MC Mixed 12.7 41% 14.5 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 10.5 SC Mixed 8.9 28% 9.8 GB/s	Latency 133 30% 133 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 39.5% Great: 45%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	978x
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	751x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	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 $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