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Alienware 15 R2

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


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Boot Drive	135% 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	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 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R2
Memory	13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit kolorów,
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150918
Uptime	30.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 10 '17 at 19:40
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	POL-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (78^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 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	Memory 83.5 1-Core 105 2-Core 199 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 549 58% 462 Pts	64-Core 546 34% 546 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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. 10.18.15.4248 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 3% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 183GB free (System drive) Firmware: BXV76D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 1,341 Write 294 Mixed 478 152% 704 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 29.2 157% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 469 DQ Write 301 DQ Mixed 145 173% 305 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 598 (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 85 85 6695 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 597 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5223 (C2) HDA temperature 250 250 249109151768 (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 57 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4100861870 (F2) Unknown 100 100 497002369 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	72.6% Very good	Read 126 Write 127 Mixed 126 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 76% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%
Corsair Flash Voyager GT USB 3.0 64GB-$47 392 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 41GB free, PID 1a09 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	39.1% Below average	Read 158 Write 65.6 Mixed 13.6 77% 79.1 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 0.28 4K Mixed 0.02 27% 1.6 MB/s
Poor: 9% ↑ This bench: 39.1% Great: 60%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GB 55,289 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	71.9% Very good	MC Read 25.5 MC Write 28.5 MC Mixed 22.8 73% 25.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 28.2 SC Mixed 19.8 61% 21.3 GB/s	Latency 74.3 54% 74.3 ns
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.9% Great: 76%

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	631x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	123x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	120x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	484x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	234x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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