Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.19% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive201% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R3  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 02VCTC
Memory13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180717
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 12 '18 at 20:06
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
72.7% Very good
Memory 83.1
1-Core 108
2-Core 181
73% 124 Pts
4-Core 337
8-Core 541
54% 439 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 72.7%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0708) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.19% Terrible
Lighting 6.33
Reflection 51.4
Parallax 6.66
5% 21.5 fps
MRender 10.3
Gravity 5.87
Splatting 12.8
8% 9.64 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.19%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
202GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1224 303 329 308 309 308 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
201% Outstanding
Read 1,796
Write 1,467
Mixed 1,072
SusWrite 464
267% 1,200 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 118
4K Mixed 67.5
219% 77.3 MB/s
DQ Read 813
DQ Write 616
DQ Mixed 752
552% 727 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 201%
Great: 280%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
929GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3P0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 133 131 134 134 135 135 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
76.6% Very good
Read 133
Write 129
Mixed 24.6
SusWrite 134
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
123% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43EB1-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
74% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.3
MC Mixed 23.1
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 29.2
SC Mixed 24.3
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 75
53% 75 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 74%
Great: 76%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R3 Builds (Compare 1,417 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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