| PC Status | Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 77.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good. |
| Boot Drive | 182% 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 | 32GB 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 Version | Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option. |
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
| System | Alienware 17 R3 (all builds) |
| Motherboard | Alienware 0M5CM7 |
| Memory | 25 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz |
| Display | 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors |
| OS | Windows 10 |
| BIOS Date | 20180717 |
| Uptime | 0 Days |
| Run Date | Jan 17 '20 at 19:10 |
| Run Duration | 133 Seconds |
| Run User | GBR-User |
| Background CPU | 13% |
PC Performing as expected (53rd 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
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.65 GHz (avg)
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77.7%
Very good
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76% 132 Pts
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58% 461 Pts
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32% 526 Pts
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| Drives | Bench | Sequential | Random 4k | Deep queue 4k |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
95GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 912 445 427 411 391 363 MB/s
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182%
Outstanding
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231% 1,046 MB/s
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166% 53.8 MB/s
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317% 478 MB/s
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Crucial MX300 1TB-$130
94GB free
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 440 442 444 441 402 MB/s
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93.5%
Outstanding
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90% 400 MB/s
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117% 41.3 MB/s
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250% 326 MB/s
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| Memory Kit | Bench | Multi core | Single core | Latency |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FDD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
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77.9%
Very good
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80% 28 GB/s
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64% 22.4 GB/s
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55% 73.3 ns
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System Memory Latency Ladder
L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds
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System: Alienware 17 R3
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| Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples | 976x |
| Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples | 437x |
| Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples | 3x |
| GPU |
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| HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples | 750x |
| GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples | 306x |
| GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples | 293x |
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