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Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 30% Sail boat	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	27.8% 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	143% 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	16GB 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 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	10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Aug 18 '19 at 01:14
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing as expected (54^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Memory 90.6 1-Core 121 2-Core 240 85% 150 Pts	4-Core 424 8-Core 661 67% 542 Pts	64-Core 650 40% 650 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.6% 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. 26.21.14.3039 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	27.8% Poor	Lighting 25.3 Reflection 51.6 Parallax 45.5 21% 40.8 fps	MRender 56.8 Gravity 48.1 Splatting 48.9 42% 51.3 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 27.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 526 478 540 373 470 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Read 892 Write 397 Mixed 358 SusWrite 476 118% 531 MB/s	4K Read 31.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 34 163% 67.2 MB/s	DQ Read 900 DQ Write 432 DQ Mixed 548 438% 627 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 60GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 81 82 82 82 84 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 116 Write 111 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 82.5 61% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 75%
WD easystore 25FA 4TB 7,384 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 2.5TB free, PID 25fa Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 97 95 97 97 95 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	40.1% Average	Read 105 Write 83 Mixed 63.7 SusWrite 96.2 115% 87 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.2 51% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 40.1% Great: 63%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GB 6,021 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 28.1 MC Mixed 23 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 17.4 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 23.7 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.4 60% 66.4 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 74.5% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	978x
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	751x
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 i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	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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