Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 52% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 52%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	7.49% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	80% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 70% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20150130
Uptime	1.5 Days
Run Date	Mar 26 '17 at 15:52
Run Duration	122 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	70%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4980HQ 2,147 User benchmarks, average bench 69% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	52% Above average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 56.5 2-Core 110 48% 78.4 Pts	4-Core 192 8-Core 277 29% 234 Pts	64-Core 281 17% 281 Pts
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 52% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0688) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 10.18.15.4281 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.49% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 45.4 Parallax 12.6 6% 21.9 fps	MRender 13.2 Gravity 5.17 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.4 fps
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 7.49% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit LGT-512L9G-11 M.2 2280 512GB 194 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: HG9110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (48^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 559 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 513 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 10570 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2016 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 92324 (F2) Unknown 100 100 179546	80% Very good	Read 474 Write 396 Mixed 407 95% 426 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 38.6 4K Mixed 27.1 88% 29.2 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 187 DQ Mixed 77.3 94% 164 MB/s
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 80% Great: 94%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 529GB free Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 184 176 1766 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 847 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 98 98 1797 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 508 (BF) G-sense error rate 99 99 1 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 199 199 5947 (C2) HDA temperature 119 97 28 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 1249 (F1) Unknown 200 200 1589566689 (F2) Unknown 200 200 4141499800 (FE) Unknown 197 197 3	47.3% Average	Read 79.4 Write 85.5 Mixed 86.7 63% 83.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.38 4K Write 1.34 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.3% Great: 62%

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 below expectations (22^nd percentile)	47.6% Average	MC Read 17.5 MC Write 20 MC Mixed 15.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 10.3 SC Mixed 9.8 29% 10 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 60%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Yacht

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	200x
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	88x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	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