Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 73% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	191% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170224
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Jul 17 '17 at 19:17
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (88^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 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	83.7% Excellent	Memory 91.6 1-Core 124 2-Core 241 86% 152 Pts	4-Core 409 8-Core 660 66% 534 Pts	64-Core 656 41% 656 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.7% 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: 384.76 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 122 Reflection 140 Parallax 116 99% 126 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 117 Splatting 104 90% 111 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 391GB free Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	332% Outstanding	Read 2,864 Write 1,954 Mixed 1,924 498% 2,247 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 68.9 251% 93.5 MB/s	DQ Read 497 DQ Write 453 DQ Mixed 223 236% 391 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 332% Great: 353%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 165GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	191% Outstanding	Read 1,597 Write 755 Mixed 500 207% 951 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 60 202% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 494 DQ Write 304 DQ Mixed 27.3 120% 275 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 191% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 921GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 149 149 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 46 (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 81 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 39 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 8 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1196 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 163210199068 (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 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 136441383 (F2) Unknown 100 100 56129090 (FE) Unknown 100 100 10	78.1% Very good	Read 138 Write 135 Mixed 140 104% 137 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.52 4K Mixed 0.22 79% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.2% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 32.2 SC Mixed 24.4 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 64.8 62% 64.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

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Desktop 71%

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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 i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	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) $30	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