Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 23% Surfboard	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 22.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	1.95% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	39.6% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GH72M
Memory	0.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180717
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 18 '21 at 17:04
Run Duration	195 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	100%

PC Performing way below expectations (15^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	22.2% Poor	Memory 31.7 1-Core 17.2 2-Core 34.5 18% 27.8 Pts	4-Core 69.5 8-Core 129 12% 99.4 Pts	64-Core 132 8% 132 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 22.2% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	1.95% Terrible	Lighting 2.2 Reflection 41.8 Parallax 2.3 2% 15.4 fps	MRender 2.6 Gravity 2.1 Splatting 3.3 2% 2.67 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 1.95% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB 20,313 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 70000P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 148 92 111 106 115 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	39.6% Below average	Read 370 Write 258 Mixed 273 SusWrite 113 56% 253 MB/s	4K Read 10.9 4K Write 13.7 4K Mixed 11.1 38% 11.9 MB/s	DQ Read 132 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 121 96% 133 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 39.6% Great: 82%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 650GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 120 110 121 121 121 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Read 119 Write 99 Mixed 67.2 SusWrite 118 74% 101 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 4.4 4K Mixed 1.1 237% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GB 17,761 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	34.3% Below average	MC Read 15.3 MC Write 14.7 MC Mixed 11.7 40% 13.9 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 6 SC Mixed 1.3 11% 3.7 GB/s	Latency 245 16% 245 ns
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 74%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	17.3"	1280 720	LGD0459

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Desktop 58%

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Workstation 10%

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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
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 $182	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) $30	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