Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 82%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 71%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics109% 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 Drive58.6% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170728
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 02 '18 at 08:54
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 202
76% 132 Pts
4-Core 396
8-Core 550
60% 473 Pts
64-Core 557
34% 557 Pts
Poor: 31%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 70%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070-Ti-$299
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
109% Outstanding
Lighting 145
Reflection 146
Parallax 127
118% 139 fps
MRender 106
Gravity 140
Splatting 114
98% 120 fps
Poor: 86%
This bench: 109%
Great: 101%
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 0688) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
4.11% Terrible
Lighting 4.13
Reflection 116
Parallax 6.94
3% 42.4 fps
MRender 9.67
Gravity 2.47
Splatting 8
6% 6.71 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.11%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 250GB-$89
171GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41110WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
58.6% Above average
Read 494
Write 161
Mixed 278
68% 311 MB/s
4K Read 27.9
4K Write 38.2
4K Mixed 15.9
83% 27.3 MB/s
DQ Read 23.7
DQ Write 183
DQ Mixed 10.3
35% 72.2 MB/s
Poor: 61%
This bench: 58.6%
Great: 100%
WD WD10JPLX-00MBPT0 1TB
260GB free
Firmware: 01.01H01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
59.2% Above average
Read 103
Write 104
Mixed 104
78% 103 MB/s
4K Read 0.46
4K Write 1.03
4K Mixed 0.17
57% 0.55 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 59.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
59.6% Above average
MC Read 20.9
MC Write 21.8
MC Mixed 19.1
59% 20.6 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 19.8
SC Mixed 19.9
54% 18.9 GB/s
Latency 72
56% 72 ns
Poor: 38%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 61%

 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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