Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	58.1% 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 (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GNM4H
Memory	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	10.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 19 '17 at 13:36
Run Duration	154 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 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 way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 91.2 1-Core 93.6 2-Core 186 73% 124 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 533 53% 434 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 99.9 Reflection 117 Parallax 104 81% 107 fps	MRender 95.6 Gravity 94.1 Splatting 104 81% 97.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 146GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 413 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 473 (B1) Unknown 99 99 2 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 62 38 38 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 49 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2434393747	106% Outstanding	Read 514 Write 414 Mixed 419 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 46.5 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 42.7 176% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 46.4 DQ Write 254 DQ Mixed 108 95% 136 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 131%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 39GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 424 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5151 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 55 62 266288824365 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1370115080511 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16503706 (F1) Unknown 253 253 4504269824 (F2) Unknown 253 253 4679296970	58.1% Above average	Read 460 Write 75.8 Mixed 127 47% 221 MB/s	4K Read 27.8 4K Write 60.6 4K Mixed 13.6 92% 34 MB/s	DQ Read 167 DQ Write 222 DQ Mixed 12.6 60% 134 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 58.1% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 742GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3096 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 497 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 411 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 494 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 55288 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 9 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 39 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 15668 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282206 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 404 (F1) Unknown 99 94 1370858 (F2) Unknown 100 94 828079 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	76.8% Very good	Read 109 Write 159 Mixed 128 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 3.32 4K Mixed 0.37 123% 1.4 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 78%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22.5 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.2 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.9 66% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 65.4 61% 65.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 78%

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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 $33Bench 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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Intel Core i5-13600K $279	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 $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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