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Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 15% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 71.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.4% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	85.3% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Aug 17 '19 at 21:47
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	71.7% Very good	Memory 81.9 1-Core 99.2 2-Core 196 72% 126 Pts	4-Core 333 8-Core 488 51% 410 Pts	64-Core 485 30% 485 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.7% Great: 70%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0688) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3160 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	17.4% Very poor	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 40.2 8% 20.7 fps	MRender 39.2 Gravity 38.5 Splatting 48.2 35% 42 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 17.4% Great: 60%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GB 553 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 19GB free (System drive) Firmware: H87110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 305 306 309 313 296 311 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	85.3% Excellent	Read 464 Write 314 Mixed 260 SusWrite 307 75% 336 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 56.3 4K Mixed 29.9 111% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 334 DQ Write 296 DQ Mixed 197 180% 276 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 85.3% Great: 90%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 800GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 107 107 104 106 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 99 Write 101 Mixed 55.2 SusWrite 105 66% 90.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.7 134% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	54.4% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 20.6 MC Mixed 16.5 54% 18.9 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 17.9 47% 16.5 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 54.4% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop

Desktop 55%

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Workstation

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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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

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