Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 22% Surfboard	Desktop 44% Speed boat	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 35.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	49.4% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	46.5% 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.

High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GNM4H
Memory	12 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	1.3 Days
Run Date	May 23 '17 at 07:05
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	30%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 1.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	35.4% Below average	Memory 41 1-Core 28.4 2-Core 52.7 26% 40.7 Pts	4-Core 159 8-Core 426 33% 293 Pts	64-Core 400 25% 400 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 35.4% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 381.78 Performing below potential (7^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	49.4% Average	Lighting 50.1 Reflection 68.7 Parallax 74 41% 64.3 fps	MRender 74.6 Gravity 75.1 Splatting 88.3 66% 79.3 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 49.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 47GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 1847 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5103 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 54 59 253404250158 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1120990200069 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16600464 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2564621521 (F2) Unknown 253 253 6225754919	46.5% Average	Read 475 Write 109 Mixed 253 61% 279 MB/s	4K Read 17.2 4K Write 25.5 4K Mixed 11.4 54% 18 MB/s	DQ Read 110 DQ Write 105 DQ Mixed 51.8 54% 88.8 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 768 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 96 96 1849 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 350 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 13856 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 176094642205 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 35 (F1) Unknown 100 100 272486517 (F2) Unknown 100 100 275396406 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	74.9% Very good	Read 130 Write 131 Mixed 135 100% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.53 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	56.1% Above average	MC Read 19.7 MC Write 25.8 MC Mixed 21.7 64% 22.4 GB/s	SC Read 6.3 SC Write 10.7 SC Mixed 9.1 25% 8.7 GB/s	Latency 198 20% 198 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 78%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	193x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	154x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16