Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 42% Speed boat	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 29.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	24.3% 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	75.4% 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0M5CM7
Memory	24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	4096 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 15 '17 at 23:45
Run Duration	444 Seconds
Run User	COL-User
Background CPU	90%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	29.3% Poor	Memory 49.3 1-Core 14.9 2-Core 30.3 23% 31.5 Pts	4-Core 54.6 8-Core 67.2 8% 60.9 Pts	64-Core 70.9 4% 70.9 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 29.3% 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 CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 375.95 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.3% Poor	Lighting 20.4 Reflection 34.8 Parallax 49 17% 34.7 fps	MRender 54.8 Gravity 46.1 Splatting 44.9 39% 48.6 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 24.3% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 277GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0. Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	Read 549 Write 533 Mixed 645 129% 576 MB/s	4K Read 17 4K Write 25.2 4K Mixed 16 60% 19.4 MB/s	DQ Read 69 DQ Write 51 DQ Mixed 28.2 30% 49.4 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 332%
Jmicron Generic DISK03 3TB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	104% Outstanding	Read 182 Write 181 Mixed 22.7 93% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.74 4K Write 1.87 4K Mixed 0.21 89% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 104% Great: 102%
Jmicron Generic DISK02 3TB 56 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 189 Mixed 161 136% 182 MB/s	4K Read 0.76 4K Write 1.82 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 78%
Jmicron Generic DISK00 3TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 204 Write 200 Mixed 174 144% 193 MB/s	4K Read 0.81 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.23 91% 0.92 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 80%
Jmicron Generic DISK01 3TB 63 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 2.5TB free Firmware: 0103 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 196 Write 190 Mixed 166 138% 184 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.86 4K Mixed 0.23 89% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 102%
Jmicron Generic DISK04 6TB 2 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 3TB free Firmware: 0103 Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	76.8% Very good	Read 113 Write 154 Mixed 109 94% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.48 4K Write 2.03 4K Mixed 0.26 87% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 77%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 49GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 189 189 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1116 (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 97 97 1317 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 95 95 56759 (C2) HDA temperature 176 176 219044118562 (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 100 100 366 (F1) Unknown 100 100 28300275588 (F2) Unknown 100 100 20231730497 (FE) Unknown 100 100 7	43.6% Average	Read 74.4 Write 77.7 Mixed 82.2 59% 78.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.23 4K Mixed 0.19 62% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.6% Great: 75%
Seagate Portable 1TB 1,012 User benchmarks, average bench 22% 776GB free, PID 2332 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	38% Below average	Read 86.6 Write 92.9 Mixed 79 111% 86.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.31 69% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 38% Great: 38%
WD My Passport 259F 1TB 11,016 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 498GB free, PID 259f Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	35.5% Below average	Read 78.4 Write 87 Mixed 77 105% 80.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.54 4K Write 1.63 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 35.5% Great: 45%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905663-007.A00G 2x16GB 386 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (0^th percentile)	32% Below average	MC Read 10.8 MC Write 12.9 MC Mixed 12.9 35% 12.2 GB/s	SC Read 4.4 SC Write 6.8 SC Mixed 5.9 16% 5.7 GB/s	Latency 163 24% 163 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 32% Great: 108%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	981x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	438x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	754x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	308x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	293x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	241x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	110x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	81x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	317x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	140x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	126x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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 $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16