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 (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% 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	109% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 19 '17 at 09:19
Run Duration	123 Seconds
Run User	MEX-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (77^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 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 91 1-Core 94 2-Core 182 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 527 54% 437 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 384.76 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 121 Parallax 103 82% 108 fps	MRender 90.8 Gravity 92.3 Splatting 98.2 77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PLEXTOR PX-128M8 128GB 190 User benchmarks, average bench 117% 56GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.04 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile)	109% Outstanding	Read 1,072 Write 372 Mixed 544 145% 663 MB/s	4K Read 36.2 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 22.6 137% 53.1 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 113 DQ Mixed 129 82% 89.8 MB/s
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 109% Great: 152%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 508GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd 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 100 100 325 (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 99 99 445 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 283 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 98 98 26411 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159740961 (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 100 100 251 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13145354841 (F2) Unknown 100 100 13083421081 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	68% Good	Read 117 Write 120 Mixed 111 87% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68% 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 above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 33 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.7 GB/s	Latency 65.8 61% 65.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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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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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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