Alienware m17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 85%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall 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.
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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 88.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics103% 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 Drive209% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.
SystemAlienware m17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m17 R2
Memory10.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, , 3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190719
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 26 '20 at 00:50
Run Duration109 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-9750H
U3E1, 1 CPU, 6 cores, 12 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
88.6% Excellent
Memory 90.2
1-Core 130
2-Core 231
86% 151 Pts
4-Core 468
8-Core 812
77% 640 Pts
64-Core 901
56% 901 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 88.6%
Great: 87%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel UHD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 093C) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7262
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.09% Terrible
Lighting 6.83
Reflection 11.5
Parallax 8.34
6% 8.89 fps
MRender 12.7
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 15.7
10% 11.8 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.09%
Great: 6%
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
Zotac(19DA 4511) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
103% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 122
Parallax 125
102% 124 fps
MRender 176
Gravity 123
Splatting 98.9
104% 132 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 103%
Great: 112%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc601 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80002111 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1100 725 727 723 728 728 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 1,430
Write 1,486
Mixed 619
SusWrite 788
242% 1,081 MB/s
4K Read 39.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 56.6
190% 67.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,105
DQ Write 921
DQ Mixed 1,014
759% 1,014 MB/s
Poor: 102%
This bench: 209%
Great: 223%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
MC Read 32.2
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 23.1
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 19.1
SC Write 32.8
SC Mixed 26.7
75% 26.2 GB/s
Latency 66.9
60% 66.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m17 R2 Builds (Compare 212 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware m17 R2

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