Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 94%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 77%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 80.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics117% 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 Drive90.2% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R2  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 15 '19 at 17:07
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 18%
Watch Gameplay: 2070S + 9600K How to compare your gameplay

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.2% Excellent
Memory 95.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 207
79% 135 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 523
54% 437 Pts
64-Core 518
32% 518 Pts
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210
Nvidia(10DE 13AA) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36
Performing below potential (66th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
117% Outstanding
Lighting 154
Reflection 145
Parallax 154
125% 151 fps
MRender 187
Gravity 134
Splatting 108
113% 143 fps
Poor: 105%
This bench: 117%
Great: 123%
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)
7.83% Terrible
Lighting 8.33
Reflection 119
Parallax 13.3
7% 46.9 fps
MRender 12.7
Gravity 5.17
Splatting 16.5
10% 11.5 fps
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.83%
Great: 7%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LGT-512L9G-11 M.2 2280 512GB
168GB free (System drive)
Firmware: HG9110C
SusWrite @10s intervals: 382 339 388 369 396 361 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
90.2% Outstanding
Read 462
Write 385
Mixed 283
SusWrite 373
84% 376 MB/s
4K Read 28.4
4K Write 54.8
4K Mixed 30.2
111% 37.8 MB/s
DQ Read 368
DQ Write 306
DQ Mixed 216
195% 297 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 90.2%
Great: 94%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
177GB free
Firmware: AX0P2D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 74 61 78 76 74 75 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
46% Average
Read 87.2
Write 89.3
Mixed 31.5
SusWrite 73.1
51% 70.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.4
85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 46%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.5% Very good
MC Read 36.4
MC Write 19.9
MC Mixed 19.7
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 19.5
SC Mixed 17.7
48% 16.8 GB/s
Latency 55.3
72% 55.3 ns
Poor: 33%
This bench: 70.5%
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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