Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 38.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	21.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	159% 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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 02VCTC
Memory	22.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 10 '17 at 14:40
Run Duration	232 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	38.2% Below average	Memory 54.6 1-Core 28.2 2-Core 50.1 30% 44.3 Pts	4-Core 118 8-Core 354 26% 236 Pts	64-Core 440 27% 440 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 38.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx Ver. 21.21.13.7633 Performing below potential (1^st percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.9% Poor	Lighting 16.3 Reflection 21.9 Parallax 41.5 13% 26.6 fps	MRender 52.3 Gravity 46.7 Splatting 44.3 39% 47.7 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 279GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,712 Write 1,246 Mixed 1,221 309% 1,393 MB/s	4K Read 14 4K Write 16.2 4K Mixed 8.61 41% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 32.9 DQ Write 64.6 DQ Mixed 8.15 18% 35.2 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 283%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 333GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (49^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 122 122 103079215106 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1425 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4118 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 943 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 80 80 209614 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 227634249757 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 681 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11457433727 (F2) Unknown 100 100 25107568525 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	60% Above average	Read 111 Write 98.4 Mixed 105 79% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 60% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3A1 2x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	MC Read 19.4 MC Write 26.1 MC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	SC Read 5.9 SC Write 10.1 SC Mixed 8.5 23% 8.17 GB/s	Latency 145 28% 145 ns
Poor: 65% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 84%

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

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
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
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	750x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	306x
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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $35	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