Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	96.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	165% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	25.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '18 at 20:20
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 95.5 2-Core 178 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 307 8-Core 434 47% 370 Pts	64-Core 501 31% 501 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.65 Performing below potential (46^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.8% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 135 Parallax 126 102% 128 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 117 Splatting 99.3 88% 108 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 96.8% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 191GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY74D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 686 436 203 69 70 70 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	165% Outstanding	Read 1,637 Write 1188 Mixed 754 SusWrite 256 212% 959 MB/s	4K Read 42.6 4K Write 93.3 4K Mixed 56 186% 64 MB/s	DQ Read 680 DQ Write 502 DQ Mixed 610 451% 597 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 165% Great: 259%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 344GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 98 98 98 99 99 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.5% Above average	Read 103 Write 99.5 Mixed 36.7 SusWrite 97.7 61% 84.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.6 121% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown K821PJ-MID 2x16GB 516 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 25.3 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 28.6 SC Mixed 21.2 61% 21.5 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	528x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	966x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	436x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	191x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	153x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	780x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	190x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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