Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics7.8% 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 Drive56.9% 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.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20150617
Uptime2.6 Days
Run DateNov 07 '18 at 16:48
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4980HQ
SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
71.9% Very good
Memory 81.3
1-Core 111
2-Core 211
76% 134 Pts
4-Core 338
8-Core 530
54% 434 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel Iris Pro HD 5200 (V2 Mobile 1.2 GHz)
Dell(1028 0688) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4835
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
7.8% Terrible
Lighting 8.23
Reflection 51.5
Parallax 13
7% 24.2 fps
MRender 13.6
Gravity 5.17
Splatting 16.2
10% 11.6 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.8%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung PM851 M.2 2280 128GB
20GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXT25D0Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 76 73 45 81 81 105 MB/s
Performing as expected (57th percentile)
56.9% Above average
Read 482
Write 61.3
Mixed 102
SusWrite 77
39% 181 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 31.6
4K Mixed 21.4
80% 25.5 MB/s
DQ Read 352
DQ Write 28.9
DQ Mixed 46.9
70% 143 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 56.9%
Great: 74%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
193GB free
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 90 90 90 90 91 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
47% Average
Read 73.5
Write 68.5
Mixed 30
SusWrite 90.1
48% 65.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
100% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 47%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston KN2M64-ETB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
69.7% Good
MC Read 37
MC Write 20.3
MC Mixed 19.5
73% 25.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 20.3
SC Mixed 18.9
49% 17.3 GB/s
Latency 78.1
51% 78.1 ns
Poor: 31%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 59%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R2 Builds (Compare 507 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17 R2

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