Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	93.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	79.1% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 19 '19 at 03:19
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%

PC Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 81.1 1-Core 100 2-Core 182 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 325 8-Core 486 50% 405 Pts	64-Core 523 32% 523 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299 412,133 User benchmarks, average bench 94% PNY(196E 1213) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.2% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 114 Parallax 95 102% 111 fps	MRender 87.6 Gravity 102 Splatting 92.5 77% 94.1 fps
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 93.2% Great: 101%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-256V2G-41 M.2 2280 256GB SED 319 User benchmarks, average bench 74% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: 388410D SusWrite @10s intervals: 275 212 180 206 185 185 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	79.1% Very good	Read 493 Write 285 Mixed 101 SusWrite 207 60% 272 MB/s	4K Read 24.3 4K Write 64.2 4K Mixed 33.1 113% 40.5 MB/s	DQ Read 263 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 56.6 98% 192 MB/s
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 1TB 2,597 User benchmarks, average bench 111% 181GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 5,549 Write 4,798 Mixed 4,952 1,137% 5,100 MB/s	4K Read 439 4K Write 211 4K Mixed 265 1,117% 305 MB/s	DQ Read 977 DQ Write 592 DQ Mixed 760 573% 776 MB/s
Poor: 84% Great: 133%
JMicron 512GB 39 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 477GB free Firmware: 0202 SusWrite @10s intervals: 344 356 347 363 363 358 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	70% Very good	Read 367 Write 365 Mixed 343 SusWrite 355 81% 357 MB/s	4K Read 23.1 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 28.5 92% 29.9 MB/s	DQ Read 112 DQ Write 110 DQ Mixed 115 85% 112 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 81%
Seagate Laptop SSHD 2.5" 1TB-$41 64,201 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 201GB free Firmware: SM36 SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 76 75 74 74 74 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	48.5% Average	Read 93 Write 88.5 Mixed 58.7 SusWrite 74.4 58% 78.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.5 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 1.9 366% 2.8 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 48.5% Great: 65%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 884GB free Firmware: 0143 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 101 102 102 102 102 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	58% Above average	Read 102 Write 61.8 Mixed 56 SusWrite 100 59% 79.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 2.4 4K Mixed 0.8 158% 1.27 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 58% Great: 63%
Seagate FreeAgent GoFlex 500GB 3,970 User benchmarks, average bench 19% 163GB free, PID 5031 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 76 75 77 77 77 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	29.9% Poor	Read 67.5 Write 20.5 Mixed 38.5 SusWrite 76.4 66% 50.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.7 63% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 29.9% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT102464BF160B.C16 2x8GB 9,208 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	52.8% Above average	MC Read 19.6 MC Write 19.5 MC Mixed 15.8 52% 18.3 GB/s	SC Read 12.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 17.1 46% 16.3 GB/s	Latency 78.6 51% 78.6 ns
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 52.8% Great: 59%

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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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Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	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
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16