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Alienware 17 R2

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Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 75% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


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. 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 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	84.8% 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	82.3% 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.

Run History

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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 Days
Run Date	Sep 01 '19 at 00:44
Run Duration	200 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

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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 i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 79.7 1-Core 83.9 2-Core 165 64% 110 Pts	4-Core 297 8-Core 440 46% 368 Pts	64-Core 434 27% 434 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 67.3% 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	84.8% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 111 Parallax 95.6 87% 104 fps	MRender 100 Gravity 107 Splatting 93 81% 100 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 84.8% 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: 302 327 303 303 301 328 MB/s Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	82.3% Excellent	Read 467 Write 342 Mixed 269 SusWrite 310 78% 347 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 51 4K Mixed 30 108% 36.3 MB/s	DQ Read 264 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 183 158% 233 MB/s
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 82.3% Great: 95%
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 213GB free Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 335 331 297 308 363 MB/s Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	89.5% Excellent	Read 479 Write 389 Mixed 289 SusWrite 325 83% 371 MB/s	4K Read 30.2 4K Write 58.6 4K Mixed 32.3 118% 40.4 MB/s	DQ Read 328 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 223 194% 287 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 89.5% Great: 94%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 465GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 336 355 350 334 329 390 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 456 Mixed 404 SusWrite 349 96% 426 MB/s	4K Read 39.7 4K Write 84.6 4K Mixed 52.1 172% 58.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 359 271% 363 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 131%
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32 118,349 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 445GB free Firmware: AM0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 105 103 107 102 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	61.2% Good	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 36 SusWrite 105 64% 88.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 61.2% 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)	65.6% Good	MC Read 33.2 MC Write 20.3 MC Mixed 19.5 70% 24.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.4 SC Write 15.2 SC Mixed 18.1 43% 14.9 GB/s	Latency 81.1 49% 81.1 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 65.6% Great: 59%

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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	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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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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