Alienware m17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 88%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 90.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics95.3% 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 Drive32.3% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware m17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m17 R2
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20191018
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 01 '20 at 03:31
Run Duration104 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 3.85 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.9% Outstanding
Memory 94.2
1-Core 124
2-Core 252
88% 157 Pts
4-Core 471
8-Core 720
74% 596 Pts
64-Core 888
55% 888 Pts
Poor: 49%
This bench: 90.9%
Great: 87%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 093C) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4187
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 117
Parallax 119
97% 118 fps
MRender 140
Gravity 104
Splatting 99.1
92% 115 fps
Poor: 52%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 94%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdpemkf512g8 NVMe INTEL 512GB
118GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 7002 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 18 323 8.5 334 349 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
32.3% Below average
Read 507
Write 838
Mixed 5.7
SusWrite 186
86% 384 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.1
2% 1 MB/s
Poor: 105%
This bench: 32.3%
Great: 257%
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 (69th percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 30.4
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 22.6
80% 28 GB/s
SC Read 16.8
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 24.4
70% 24.4 GB/s
Latency 59.2
68% 59.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 79.8%
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 216 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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