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Alienware 17 R2

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Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (58th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 42 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	4.02% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74.6% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170331
Uptime	3 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '17 at 02:49
Run Duration	115 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	3%

PC Performing as expected (58^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	71.4% Very good	Memory 81.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 172 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 345 8-Core 402 49% 374 Pts	64-Core 433 27% 433 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 71.4% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0688) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	4.02% Terrible	Lighting 4.07 Reflection 51.3 Parallax 7.03 3% 20.8 fps	MRender 9.24 Gravity 2.47 Splatting 7.78 5% 6.5 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 4.02% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 116GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 836 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1353 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 102739 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 880 (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 465884 (F2) Unknown 100 100 673419	74.6% Very good	Read 474 Write 419 Mixed 449 100% 448 MB/s	4K Read 26.5 4K Write 47.8 4K Mixed 21.9 94% 32.1 MB/s	DQ Read 28.4 DQ Write 52.5 DQ Mixed 13.8 18% 31.6 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 786GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 164 164 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 98 98 3849 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 91 91 4231 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1351 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 84 84 161792 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 231928954910 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 99 99 820 (F1) Unknown 100 100 36834532601 (F2) Unknown 100 100 29047723902 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	64.1% Good	Read 126 Write 97.1 Mixed 95.7 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.73 4K Write 1.68 4K Mixed 0.2 84% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB 34,976 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	34.8% Below average	MC Read 10.5 MC Write 12.5 MC Mixed 11.6 33% 11.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.1 SC Write 11.9 SC Mixed 11.8 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 77.4 52% 77.4 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 34.8% Great: 59%

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Desktop

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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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