Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 60% Destroyer	Desktop 70% Battleship	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (50th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 50 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 64.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	86.8% 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	171% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170224
Uptime	3.4 Days
Run Date	Jun 22 '17 at 06:11
Run Duration	130 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	100%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (50^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Memory 77.9 1-Core 58.2 2-Core 121 53% 85.8 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 557 49% 418 Pts	64-Core 566 35% 566 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.33 Performing below potential (14^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	86.8% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 136 Parallax 119 85% 120 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 122 Splatting 103 90% 110 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 86.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 19,561 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 361GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,536 Write 841 Mixed 776 231% 1,051 MB/s	4K Read 30.4 4K Write 134 4K Mixed 32.9 159% 65.8 MB/s	DQ Read 235 DQ Write 244 DQ Mixed 66.5 98% 182 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 170%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 752GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 218 218 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 95 (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 100 100 106 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 59 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 3657 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 180389871649 (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 28 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1005124118 (F2) Unknown 100 100 526287078 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	73.9% Very good	Read 131 Write 127 Mixed 128 97% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.22 84% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 1,394 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	68.8% Good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 27.8 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.1 GB/s	SC Read 9.5 SC Write 18.2 SC Mixed 12.9 39% 13.5 GB/s	Latency 84.5 47% 84.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 68.8% Great: 78%

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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%

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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 i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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