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Alienware 17 R2

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Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.5% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	64.4% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	13.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 8.1
BIOS Date	20150414
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 13 '21 at 03:42
Run Duration	128 Seconds
Run User	NZL-User
Background CPU	1%

PC Performing above expectations (64^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4720HQ 80,960 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 106 2-Core 197 74% 128 Pts	4-Core 328 8-Core 526 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 521 32% 521 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 970M 21,995 User benchmarks, average bench 31% Dell(1028 0688) 3GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6589 Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.5% Poor	Lighting 40.3 Reflection 43 Parallax 37.9 33% 40.4 fps	MRender 1.2 Gravity 3.8 Splatting 3.1 2% 2.7 fps
Poor: 25% ↑ This bench: 22.5% Great: 33%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon L8H-128V2G-11 M.2 2280 128GB 864 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 64GB free (System drive) Firmware: F87110A SusWrite @10s intervals: 130 146 135 146 147 149 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	64.4% Good	Read 426 Write 146 Mixed 193 SusWrite 142 50% 227 MB/s	4K Read 20.8 4K Write 70.5 4K Mixed 23.1 98% 38.1 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 146 DQ Mixed 153 127% 185 MB/s
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 64.4% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 128 131 123 131 131 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	77.4% Very good	Read 141 Write 139 Mixed 32.1 SusWrite 129 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GB 10,651 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	56.5% Above average	MC Read 20.6 MC Write 20.8 MC Mixed 17.2 56% 19.5 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 18.8 SC Mixed 20.3 51% 18 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 56.5% Great: 60%

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Gaming 7%

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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	205x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	199x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples	99x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	251x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	87x
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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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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

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