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Alienware 17 R3

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Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (31st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 69 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 below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	40.7% 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	72.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	17.3 Days
Run Date	Sep 09 '20 at 22:02
Run Duration	131 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	9%

PC Performing below expectations (31^st 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 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	44.4% Average	Memory 66.5 1-Core 35.9 2-Core 72.8 39% 58.4 Pts	4-Core 121 8-Core 327 25% 224 Pts	64-Core 468 29% 468 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8912 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	40.7% Average	Lighting 50 Reflection 49.5 Parallax 50.2 41% 49.9 fps	MRender 55.5 Gravity 46.8 Splatting 47.4 40% 49.9 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 40.7% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 44GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 112 106 108 106 105 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	72.1% Very good	Read 860 Write 140 Mixed 225 SusWrite 109 72% 334 MB/s	4K Read 20.9 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 11.7 67% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 326 DQ Write 193 DQ Mixed 299 212% 273 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 72.1% Great: 147%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 673GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 123 119 121 121 121 MB/s Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	65.5% Good	Read 108 Write 96.5 Mixed 69 SusWrite 119 72% 98.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.3 4K Mixed 1.3 257% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 65.5% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB 5,073 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	62% Good	MC Read 21.1 MC Write 26.5 MC Mixed 23 67% 23.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 13.7 SC Mixed 10.4 37% 13.1 GB/s	Latency 110 36% 110 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 62% Great: 75%

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Gaming 10%

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Desktop

Desktop 58%

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Workstation

Workstation 10%

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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 $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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

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