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Alienware 17 R2

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Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 9% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.1% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	62.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150724
Uptime	13 Days
Run Date	Sep 15 '16 at 01:35
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd 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) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 151 69% 113 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 539 54% 440 Pts	64-Core 540 33% 540 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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 0688) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4281 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.1% Terrible	Lighting 4.1 Reflection 35.3 Parallax 7.03 3% 15.5 fps	MRender 9.62 Gravity 2.43 Splatting 8.13 6% 6.73 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.1% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-128V2G-11 MM 128GB 3 User benchmarks, average bench 66% 5GB free (System drive) Firmware: F87110A Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 43 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 129 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 108398 (F2) Unknown 100 100 175108	62.4% Good	Read 499 Write 144 Mixed 227 63% 290 MB/s	4K Read 18.1 4K Write 39.8 4K Mixed 24.6 80% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 247 DQ Write 143 DQ Mixed 57.6 80% 149 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 69%
Hitachi HTS721010A9E6300 1TB 1,420 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 697GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 1192 (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 97 97 1507 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 593 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 11 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 91 91 98642 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 253402742820 (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 99 99 528 (F1) Unknown 100 100 12441245878 (F2) Unknown 100 100 14452797602 (FE) Unknown 100 100 25	74.9% Very good	Read 126 Write 135 Mixed 134 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.79 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB 2,188 User benchmarks, average bench 55% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	58.4% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 21.5 MC Mixed 18.8 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 19.9 SC Mixed 18.8 52% 18.1 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 58.4% Great: 61%

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Desktop

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Workstation

Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 17 R2

CPU
Core i7-4710HQIntelBench 58%, 69,536 samples	206x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	200x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples	99x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	252x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	88x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	80x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	35x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	21x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	20x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	130x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	61x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	32x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16

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