Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 41% Speed boat	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 36% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 60.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	60.9% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	113% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	6.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161212
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Jan 10 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Memory 67.8 1-Core 78.3 2-Core 157 58% 101 Pts	4-Core 291 8-Core 469 47% 380 Pts	64-Core 488 30% 488 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX Titan X-$615 15,621 User benchmarks, average bench 75% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8871 Performing below potential (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	60.9% Good	Lighting 79.3 Reflection 76 Parallax 67.7 65% 74.3 fps	MRender 70 Gravity 64.2 Splatting 63.9 54% 66 fps
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 83%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 1,350 Write 156 Mixed 261 126% 589 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 95.2 4K Mixed 25.7 132% 51 MB/s	DQ Read 258 DQ Write 197 DQ Mixed 102 110% 186 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 255GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 166 166 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 746 (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 69 69 13986 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 702 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 98 98 537 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 75 75 255248 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 210454052895 (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 97 97 1615 (F1) Unknown 99 99 74453277648 (F2) Unknown 100 100 59242624051 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	52.9% Above average	Read 99.9 Write 84.4 Mixed 94.4 70% 92.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.36 4K Write 1.27 4K Mixed 0.17 58% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 52.9% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25DA 6TB 419 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3.5TB free, PID 25da Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	60.3% Good	Read 152 Write 140 Mixed 133 180% 142 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 2.43 4K Mixed 0.28 95% 1.18 MB/s
Poor: 17% ↑ This bench: 60.3% Great: 67%

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 below expectations (10^th percentile)	59.4% Above average	MC Read 22.7 MC Write 23.5 MC Mixed 19.6 63% 21.9 GB/s	SC Read 11.7 SC Write 17.6 SC Mixed 15.8 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 107 38% 107 ns
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 59.4% Great: 76%

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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 i5-12600K $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