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Alienware 17 R3

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (96th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 4 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Boot Drive	144% 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	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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R3 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0CFV5H
Memory	27.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180108
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '22 at 13:20
Run Duration	143 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing way above expectations (96^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 (97^th percentile)	81.7% Excellent	Memory 89.1 1-Core 120 2-Core 228 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 645 64% 523 Pts	64-Core 648 40% 648 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV76D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 295 297 295 296 297 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	144% Outstanding	Read 1,041 Write 305 Mixed 342 SusWrite 296 109% 496 MB/s	4K Read 39.5 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 37.4 185% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 991 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 422 371% 574 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 144% Great: 147%
Microsoft Storage Space Device 999GB 7,881 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 930GB free Firmware: 0.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1062 1170 1165 1137 1175 1178 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 47% Great: 127%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB 89,596 User benchmarks, average bench 50% 924GB free Firmware: 0001 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 129 131 133 133 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Read 114 Write 105 Mixed 68.5 SusWrite 130 77% 104 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 2.1 4K Mixed 0.9 193% 1.43 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.7 MC Write 35.8 MC Mixed 29.3 93% 32.6 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 37.5 SC Mixed 29.2 82% 28.7 GB/s	Latency 68.4 58% 68.4 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 90%

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System: Alienware 17 R3

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	1,029x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	446x
Core i7-6820HQIntelBench 60%, 33,920 samples	3x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	796x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	317x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	297x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	251x
CM871 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 45%, 3,215 samples	114x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	84x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	330x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	144x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	131x

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