Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 45% Yacht	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 44.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	2.97% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	130% 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 (34%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0KY0N5
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161112
Uptime	1.4 Days
Run Date	Jul 25 '17 at 20:10
Run Duration	159 Seconds
Run User	PAK-User
Background CPU	34%

PC Performing as expected (41^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.9 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	44.9% Average	Memory 60.9 1-Core 48.7 2-Core 92.3 42% 67.3 Pts	4-Core 157 8-Core 406 32% 281 Pts	64-Core 474 29% 474 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 44.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	2.97% Terrible	Lighting 3.1 Reflection 75.2 Parallax 3.06 2% 27.1 fps	MRender 4.19 Gravity 2.7 Splatting 6.39 4% 4.43 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.97% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Read 1,533 Write 667 Mixed 773 217% 991 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31.4 4K Mixed 19.8 75% 24.4 MB/s	DQ Read 44.4 DQ Write 172 DQ Mixed 47.9 54% 88 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 141%
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 (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 184 184 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 33 (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 5 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 27 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 5 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 187 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979871785 (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 2 (F1) Unknown 100 100 370180414 (F2) Unknown 100 100 258347685 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	72.3% Very good	Read 133 Write 119 Mixed 130 96% 127 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.43 4K Mixed 0.17 72% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 75%
WD My Passport 07A8 1TB 5,659 User benchmarks, average bench 32% 180GB free, PID 07a8 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	Read 65.7 Write 67 Mixed 54.9 80% 62.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.2 60% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 46%

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 (12^th percentile)	61% Good	MC Read 21 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.6 66% 23.1 GB/s	SC Read 10 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 13.9 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 61% 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%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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	437x

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 $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