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Alienware 15 R2

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Gaming 31% Sail boat	Desktop 73% Battleship	Workstation 27% Raft


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 66.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	39.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
Memory	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

System	Alienware 15 R2 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 15 R2
Memory	16.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20160129
Uptime	11 Days
Run Date	Oct 25 '18 at 18:44
Run Duration	201 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	5%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	66.1% Good	Memory 74.1 1-Core 90 2-Core 170 64% 111 Pts	4-Core 313 8-Core 540 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 498 31% 498 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 980M 14,160 User benchmarks, average bench 41% Dell(1028 0708) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1126 MHz, MLim: 1252 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12 Performing below potential (59^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	39.8% Below average	Lighting 47.1 Reflection 52.7 Parallax 50 38% 49.9 fps	MRender 57.3 Gravity 50.3 Splatting 49.5 42% 52.4 fps
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 39.8% Great: 60%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0708) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.86% Terrible	Lighting 6.1 Reflection 36.1 Parallax 6.06 5% 16.1 fps	MRender 8.81 Gravity 5.5 Splatting 12.3 8% 8.86 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.86% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 13,766 User benchmarks, average bench 120% 183GB free Firmware: BXV7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 296 292 294 292 292 293 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 720 Write 304 Mixed 302 SusWrite 293 89% 405 MB/s	4K Read 26.1 4K Write 92.2 4K Mixed 27.3 123% 48.5 MB/s	DQ Read 794 DQ Write 310 DQ Mixed 150 217% 418 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 147%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 226GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3P0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 64 60 75 70 70 69 MB/s Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	41.6% Average	Read 76.7 Write 68 Mixed 26 SusWrite 68 43% 59.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 75%
Seagate BUP RD 4TB 1,612 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 3.5TB free Firmware: 0108 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 128 125 128 128 129 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	64.6% Good	Read 97 Write 126 Mixed 63.8 SusWrite 127 76% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 3.8 4K Mixed 0.8 188% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 64.6% Great: 66%
Lexar USB Flash Drive 16GB 2,589 User benchmarks, average bench 6% 14GB free, PID c75c Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 8.9 9.4 9.6 9.3 9.6 9.5 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	5.65% Terrible	Read 17.7 Write 2.7 Mixed 5.7 SusWrite 9.4 10% 8.88 MB/s	4K Read 4.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 16% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 4% ↑ This bench: 5.65% Great: 8%
WD Elements 500GB 10,869 User benchmarks, average bench 24% 378GB free, PID 10a2 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 102 Write 94 Mixed 52 101% 82.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 2.2 4K Mixed 0.7 100% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 10% Great: 41%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston 9905663-007.A00G 2x16GB 386 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	60.4% Good	MC Read 20.8 MC Write 23.2 MC Mixed 20.5 61% 21.5 GB/s	SC Read 11 SC Write 24.1 SC Mixed 19.5 52% 18.2 GB/s	Latency 92.2 43% 92.2 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.4% Great: 108%

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System: Alienware 15 R2

CPU
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	632x
Core i7-6820HKIntelBench 69%, 20,362 samples	123x
Core i5-6300HQIntelBench 54%, 41,531 samples	120x

GPU
HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)IntelBench 5%, 213,495 samples	485x
GTX 970MNvidiaBench 31%, 21,995 samples	172x
GTX 980MNvidiaBench 41%, 14,160 samples	95x

SSD
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBSamsungBench 120%, 13,766 samples	213x
PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GBSamsungBench 140%, 7,011 samples	34x
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	24x

RAM
HMA41GS6AFR8N-TF 2x8GBHynixBench 70%, 55,289 samples	235x
HMA451S6AFR8N-TF 2x4GBHynixBench 66%, 17,761 samples	113x
16ATF1G64HZ-2G1A2 2x8GBMicronBench 69%, 6,021 samples	76x

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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

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