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Alienware 17 R2

Performance Results


Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 4% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 59.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	1.21% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	59.9% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (15%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R2
Memory	12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190529
Uptime	0.8 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '21 at 07:16
Run Duration	180 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	15%

PC Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710HQ 69,536 User benchmarks, average bench 58% SOCKET 0, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 2.25 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (44^th percentile)	59.2% Above average	Memory 74.3 1-Core 56.4 2-Core 115 51% 81.8 Pts	4-Core 238 8-Core 374 38% 306 Pts	64-Core 368 23% 368 Pts
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 59.2% Great: 70%

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. 20.19.15.4835 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	1.21% Terrible	Lighting 1.3 Reflection 30 Parallax 2.5 1% 11.3 fps	MRender 3.1 Gravity 0.8 Splatting 1.7 2% 1.87 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 1.21% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteonit L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GB 846 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: H88110C SusWrite @10s intervals: 322 333 308 313 347 342 MB/s Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	59.9% Above average	Read 353 Write 311 Mixed 242 SusWrite 327 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 10.5 4K Write 16.5 4K Mixed 11.8 40% 12.9 MB/s	DQ Read 319 DQ Write 290 DQ Mixed 223 190% 277 MB/s
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 59.9% Great: 94%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$33 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 929GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 99 98 100 99 99 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	55.4% Above average	Read 94.2 Write 97.9 Mixed 34 SusWrite 99 59% 81.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 109% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 55.4% 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 potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	32.5% Below average	MC Read 14.3 MC Write 8.8 MC Mixed 9.2 31% 10.8 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 11 30% 10.4 GB/s	Latency 91.7 44% 91.7 ns
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 32.5% 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	221x
Core i7-4720HQIntelBench 58%, 80,960 samples	207x
Core i7-4980HQIntelBench 69%, 2,147 samples	103x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	270x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	89x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	83x

SSD
PM851 M.2 2280 128GBSamsungBench 55%, 1,404 samples	39x
L8T-256L9G-11 M.2 2280 256GBLiteonitBench 80%, 846 samples	24x
L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GBLiteonitBench 75%, 553 samples	23x

RAM
HMT41GS6BFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 34,976 samples	140x
M471B1G73EB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 52%, 10,651 samples	62x
KN2M64-ETB 2x8GBKingstonBench 51%, 2,986 samples	37x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $169	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	WD Black SN850X M.2 2TB $135
Intel Core i5-12400F $111	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $345	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $215	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $350