Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 82% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 75%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	109% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	107% 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 (32%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 20 '19 at 23:30
Run Duration	160 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	32%

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PC Performing above expectations (73^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 100 2-Core 183 71% 122 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 506 55% 437 Pts	64-Core 511 32% 511 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 75% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Nvidia(10DE 12AD) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Lighting 139 Reflection 130 Parallax 132 113% 134 fps	MRender 179 Gravity 131 Splatting 104 109% 138 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 1TB 27,887 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 533GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 401 416 414 427 409 418 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 502 Write 471 Mixed 410 SusWrite 414 101% 449 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 93.9 4K Mixed 39 149% 55.2 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 320 DQ Mixed 270 224% 323 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 88GB free Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 379 392 373 399 391 374 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 472 Write 401 Mixed 296 SusWrite 384 87% 388 MB/s	4K Read 30.8 4K Write 65.4 4K Mixed 34.2 125% 43.5 MB/s	DQ Read 327 DQ Write 306 DQ Mixed 215 189% 283 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 35GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 85 88 88 87 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.7% Above average	Read 114 Write 113 Mixed 22.3 SusWrite 87.4 61% 84.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.7% Great: 75%
Seagate Backup+ Hub BK 8TB 16,705 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 5TB free Firmware: D781 SusWrite @10s intervals: 162 165 164 172 170 170 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Read 104 Write 98.7 Mixed 96.2 SusWrite 167 86% 116 MB/s	4K Read 4.5 4K Write 4.7 4K Mixed 0.6 341% 3.27 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 16KTF1G64HZ-1G6N1 2x8GB 3,237 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	55.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.5 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.5 SC Write 18.3 SC Mixed 18 49% 17.3 GB/s	Latency 76 53% 76 ns
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 55.4% Great: 59%

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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	200x
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	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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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