Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 97%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 80%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics123% 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 Drive90.4% 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.
Memory16GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.9 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190529
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 21 '20 at 06:10
Run Duration142 Seconds
Run User IRL-User
Background CPU1%
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 PC Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4980HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Memory 86.9
1-Core 114
2-Core 224
80% 141 Pts
4-Core 378
8-Core 520
57% 449 Pts
64-Core 514
32% 514 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
CLim: 2295 MHz, MLim: 3694 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.34
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
123% Outstanding
Lighting 163
Reflection 157
Parallax 41.5
133% 120 fps
MRender 194
Gravity 141
Splatting 117
119% 150 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 123%
Great: 123%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB
96GB free (System drive)
Firmware: H88110C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 386 390 375 397 397 366 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
90.4% Outstanding
Read 467
Write 369
Mixed 277
SusWrite 385
84% 375 MB/s
4K Read 28.3
4K Write 52.9
4K Mixed 30.3
110% 37.2 MB/s
DQ Read 340
DQ Write 308
DQ Mixed 226
196% 291 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 90.4%
Great: 94%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
113GB free
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 452 322 316 317 316 316 MB/s
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 502
Write 472
Mixed 449
SusWrite 340
99% 441 MB/s
4K Read 38.1
4K Write 91.5
4K Mixed 51.7
172% 60.4 MB/s
DQ Read 383
DQ Write 344
DQ Mixed 359
271% 362 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 111%
Great: 126%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
666GB free
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 103 105 105 104 104 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
56.8% Above average
Read 94.5
Write 93
Mixed 34.3
SusWrite 103
59% 81.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
102% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 56.8%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B1G73QH0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1867 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
MC Read 39.6
MC Write 24.2
MC Mixed 23.9
84% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 20.8
SC Mixed 20.7
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 70.5
57% 70.5 ns
Poor: 39%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware 17 R2

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