Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 59% Gunboat	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 50% Yacht


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. 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 65.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.7% 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	83.7% 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 (40%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 31 '19 at 23:44
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	40%

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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 i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (28^th percentile)	65.4% Good	Memory 79.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 176 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 468 46% 374 Pts	64-Core 457 28% 457 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-$400 1,082,454 User benchmarks, average bench 102% Dell(1028 068B) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3615 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	84.7% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.4 86% 104 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 93 81% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.7% Great: 110%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon IT L8T-256L9G 256GB 728 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 108GB free (System drive) Firmware: H886201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 303 328 314 340 317 318 MB/s Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Read 460 Write 351 Mixed 270 SusWrite 320 78% 350 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 53 4K Mixed 31.5 111% 37.5 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 252 DQ Mixed 180 157% 232 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 83.7% Great: 95%
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 213GB free Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 337 339 338 345 334 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.3% Outstanding	Read 468 Write 368 Mixed 279 SusWrite 335 81% 362 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 63.9 4K Mixed 34.7 124% 43 MB/s	DQ Read 322 DQ Write 295 DQ Mixed 224 192% 281 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 91.3% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 465GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 333 358 363 387 373 358 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	113% Outstanding	Read 492 Write 442 Mixed 396 SusWrite 362 95% 423 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 90.4 4K Mixed 53.7 178% 61.4 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 333 DQ Mixed 348 262% 351 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 113% Great: 131%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 445GB free Firmware: AM0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 103 107 102 101 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.1% Good	Read 109 Write 106 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 104 64% 88.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.1% Great: 60%

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 way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67% Good	MC Read 34.3 MC Write 20.2 MC Mixed 19.8 71% 24.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.3 SC Write 18.6 SC Mixed 16.9 46% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 82.3 49% 82.3 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 59%

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Gaming 7%

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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	206x
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	252x
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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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

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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