Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 59% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With 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 82%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	79.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	147% 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.

High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 19 '18 at 22:48
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	SWE-User
Background CPU	21%

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PC Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82% Excellent	Memory 88.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 209 79% 137 Pts	4-Core 405 8-Core 646 65% 526 Pts	64-Core 666 41% 666 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-$132 1,459,281 User benchmarks, average bench 80% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB; Nvidia GTX 1070 CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 399.24 Performing below potential (50^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	79.4% Very good	Lighting 97.5 Reflection 114 Parallax 94.6 79% 102 fps	MRender 96.1 Gravity 92.9 Splatting 100 79% 96.4 fps
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 88%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 411GB free (System drive) Firmware: 7D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 578 271 99 100 101 101 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 985 Write 580 Mixed 454 SusWrite 208 123% 557 MB/s	4K Read 38.5 4K Write 152 4K Mixed 45 197% 78.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,004 DQ Write 598 DQ Mixed 600 501% 734 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 172%
Samsung MZFLV512 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1,374 User benchmarks, average bench 106% 399GB free Firmware: 2M0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 536 532 209 35 35 35 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 799 Write 538 Mixed 462 SusWrite 230 113% 507 MB/s	4K Read 42.8 4K Write 154 4K Mixed 49.9 210% 82.1 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 549 DQ Mixed 569 476% 699 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 143%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 202GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 107 107 107 107 107 MB/s Performing as expected (51^st percentile)	63.1% Good	Read 112 Write 98.2 Mixed 70.2 SusWrite 107 71% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.3 259% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 63.1% Great: 78%
Seagate BUP BK 4TB 13,353 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 47 130 128 129 126 128 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 15% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP RD 5TB 1,206 User benchmarks, average bench 44% 2TB free Firmware: 0304 SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 120 121 119 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 89.5 Write 100 Mixed 69 SusWrite 118 69% 94.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 3.7 4K Mixed 0.6 168% 1.7 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB 20,956 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	MC Read 27 MC Write 28.4 MC Mixed 23.6 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 27.3 SC Mixed 22.7 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 68.7 58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	978x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	438x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	752x
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	241x
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	317x
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 $269	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 $178	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