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Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 34% Sail boat	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 28% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	34.8% 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	91% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Jun 25 '20 at 07:02
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 114 2-Core 219 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 387 8-Core 518 57% 452 Pts	64-Core 502 31% 502 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0688) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4614 Performing below potential (18^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	34.8% Below average	Lighting 48.8 Reflection 44.8 Parallax 37.2 40% 43.6 fps	MRender 58 Gravity 48.5 Splatting 0.13 25% 35.5 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 75GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 359 367 400 394 372 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91% Outstanding	Read 464 Write 364 Mixed 283 SusWrite 381 84% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.7 4K Write 56.8 4K Mixed 31.1 113% 38.9 MB/s	DQ Read 340 DQ Write 305 DQ Mixed 222 194% 289 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 514GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 112 112 112 113 112 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68% Good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 113 68% 95 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston KN2M64-ETB 2x8GB 2,986 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	69.2% Good	MC Read 36.5 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 18.4 71% 25 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 19.4 SC Mixed 17.6 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 60.3 66% 60.3 ns
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 69.2% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 17 R2

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	221x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	207x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples	103x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	270x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	89x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	83x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	39x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	24x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	23x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	140x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	62x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	37x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $225	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350