Alienware m17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 100%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 92%
Nuclear submarine
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 96.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.8% 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 Drive266% 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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
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 11
BIOS Date20220706
Uptime2.2 Days
Run DateAug 24 '22 at 19:32
Run Duration241 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing as expected (50th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-9980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
96.2% Outstanding
Memory 95
1-Core 139
2-Core 264
93% 166 Pts
4-Core 523
8-Core 891
86% 707 Pts
64-Core 1,175
73% 1,175 Pts
Poor: 62%
This bench: 96.2%
Great: 95%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080 (Mobile Max-Q)
Dell(1028 093C) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3000 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 516.94
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
99.8% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 145
Parallax 136
99% 134 fps
MRender 158
Gravity 114
Splatting 108
101% 127 fps
Poor: 73%
This bench: 99.8%
Great: 102%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
865GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 953 1603 1767 1189 1202 1260 MB/s
Performing below expectations (27th percentile)
266% Outstanding
Read 1,466
Write 1,114
Mixed 817
SusWrite 1,329
265% 1,181 MB/s
4K Read 58.2
4K Write 128
4K Mixed 77.1
255% 87.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,211
DQ Write 890
DQ Mixed 1,029
775% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 266%
Great: 372%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158
809GB free
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1328 1530 1552 837 947 1186 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
252% Outstanding
Read 1,069
Write 1,412
Mixed 922
SusWrite 1230
262% 1,158 MB/s
4K Read 60.9
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 80.8
270% 94 MB/s
DQ Read 1,328
DQ Write 952
DQ Mixed 1,095
830% 1,125 MB/s
Poor: 214%
This bench: 252%
Great: 372%
Asmt ASM236X NVME 500GB
465GB free
Firmware: 0 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 225 372 380 389 392 393 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
79.9% Very good
Read 290
Write 305
Mixed 294
SusWrite 358
71% 312 MB/s
4K Read 38
4K Write 38.8
4K Mixed 38.3
127% 38.4 MB/s
DQ Read 144
DQ Write 159
DQ Mixed 167
122% 157 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 136%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAA1GS6CMR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB Row of chips DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
75.5% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 28.8
MC Mixed 21
74% 26 GB/s
SC Read 18.1
SC Write 31.7
SC Mixed 24.4
71% 24.7 GB/s
Latency 57.2
70% 57.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 75.5%
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 214 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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