Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 85%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 74%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics106% 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 Drive194% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0YRFN8
Memory21.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime5.1 Days
Run DateSep 27 '18 at 03:36
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU6%
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 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Memory 82.1
1-Core 126
2-Core 242
83% 150 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 664
65% 530 Pts
64-Core 657
41% 657 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400
Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 150
Parallax 127
114% 139 fps
MRender 116
Gravity 135
Splatting 110
98% 120 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 106%
Great: 110%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.36% Terrible
Lighting 6.87
Reflection 9.31
Parallax 6.88
6% 7.68 fps
MRender 9.05
Gravity 5.93
Splatting 12.5
8% 9.17 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.36%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB
640GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 854 826 887 890 890 862 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
194% Outstanding
Read 1,105
Write 788
Mixed 524
SusWrite 868
184% 821 MB/s
4K Read 37.2
4K Write 136
4K Mixed 47.5
189% 73.6 MB/s
DQ Read 989
DQ Write 776
DQ Mixed 726
586% 830 MB/s
Poor: 93%
This bench: 194%
Great: 201%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
750GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 110 112 113 113 112 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
62.9% Good
Read 108
Write 102
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 111
62% 86 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 62.9%
Great: 75%
PNY USB 3.0 FD 127GB
113GB free, PID 00d9
Operating at USB 3.1 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 191 115 164 136 142 155 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
59.9% Above average
Read 161
Write 50
Mixed 110
SusWrite 150
152% 118 MB/s
4K Read 4.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 1.3
90% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 8%
This bench: 59.9%
Great: 91%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.2% Good
MC Read 24.3
MC Write 24.6
MC Mixed 20.9
66% 23.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 25.4
SC Mixed 21.5
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 76.7
52% 76.7 ns
Poor: 49%
This bench: 66.2%
Great: 75%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,418 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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