Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 83.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics6.61% 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 Drive172% 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 0M5CM7
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateJun 08 '19 at 14:40
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User BEL-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.1% Excellent
Memory 82.3
1-Core 114
2-Core 230
79% 142 Pts
4-Core 454
8-Core 634
68% 544 Pts
64-Core 626
39% 626 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 83.1%
Great: 82%
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)
6.61% Terrible
Lighting 6.97
Reflection 51.5
Parallax 7
6% 21.8 fps
MRender 9.38
Gravity 6.27
Splatting 13.8
8% 9.82 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.61%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
370GB free (System drive)
Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 565 568 570 570 570 569 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,088
Write 573
Mixed 456
SusWrite 569
149% 671 MB/s
4K Read 40.4
4K Write 144
4K Mixed 45.2
195% 76.6 MB/s
DQ Read 975
DQ Write 586
DQ Mixed 592
492% 718 MB/s
Poor: 94%
This bench: 172%
Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
840GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 129 131 130 129 131 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
74.8% Very good
Read 131
Write 133
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 130
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 74.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1G43DB0-CPB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.7% Good
MC Read 25.3
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 21.5
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 27
SC Mixed 22
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 76.3
52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 68.7%
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 1,420 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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