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Performance Results

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Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics	3.93% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	83.5% 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware 15 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1680 x 1050 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150617
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 26 '15 at 03:12
Run Duration	109 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete		1-Core 103 2-Core 200 69% 151 Pts	4-Core 365 8-Core 560 57% 463 Pts	64-Core 549 34% 549 Pts
Poor: 31% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0685) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.14.4251 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.93% Terrible	Lighting 3.77 Reflection 6.42 Parallax 6.94 3% 5.71 fps	MRender 9.71 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 8.09 6% 6.76 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.93% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 512GB 485 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 325GB free (System drive) Firmware: EXT25D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 36 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 99 100 8860 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (F1) Unknown 99 99 831262010 (F2) Unknown 99 99 1296128187	83.5% Excellent	Read 505 Write 355 Mixed 368 91% 409 MB/s	4K Read 27.3 4K Write 63.2 4K Mixed 17.8 98% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 218 DQ Mixed 44.6 100% 210 MB/s
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 83.5% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 604GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 223 223 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 63 (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 100 100 48 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 36 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1408 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 210454446110 (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 8 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2043984076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 706971851 (FE) Unknown 100 100 7	62.7% Good	Read 121 Write 97.9 Mixed 101 80% 107 MB/s	4K Read 0.69 4K Write 1.39 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 75%

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System: Alienware 15

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	148x
Core i5-4210HIntelBench 55%, 12,540 samples	66x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	256x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	98x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	47x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	47x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	44x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	93x
HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 48%, 30,280 samples	40x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	33x

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