Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	1.19% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	89.5% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (77%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150130
Uptime	8 Days
Run Date	May 24 '18 at 01:09
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	77%

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 i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	69.3% Good	Memory 78.3 1-Core 92.6 2-Core 162 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 418 48% 377 Pts	64-Core 412 26% 412 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz) 5,483 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Dell(1028 0688) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.19% Terrible	Lighting 1.27 Reflection 1.58 Parallax 1.91 1% 1.58 fps	MRender 1.9 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 2.52 2% 1.74 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 1.19% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2050 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1233 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 277126 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 784 (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 408247 (F2) Unknown 100 100 576694	89.5% Excellent	Read 476 Write 425 Mixed 447 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 26.6 4K Write 51.3 4K Mixed 30.7 107% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 296 DQ Write 221 DQ Mixed 78.5 108% 199 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 94%
Seagate Momentus 2.5" 1TB 266,123 User benchmarks, average bench 42% 721GB free Firmware: 2BA30003 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 92 90 2579 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 2516 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 14654 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 65 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1232 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 470100 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 6 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 26 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 28 28 730869 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569544224 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 248 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 14045 (F1) Unknown 96 94 6274725 (F2) Unknown 99 94 2279765 (FE) Unknown 100 100 12	52.2% Above average	Read 87 Write 94.7 Mixed 90.2 68% 90.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 2.08 4K Mixed 0.41 100% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 59%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 17.5 63% 22 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 16.6 SC Mixed 14.7 40% 14.1 GB/s	Latency 83.7 48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 60%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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	205x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	199x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples	99x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	251x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	87x
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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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