Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% 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 an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: 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 89.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	88.2% 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	79.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	19.6 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 08 '17 at 07:51
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%

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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	89.3% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 136 2-Core 266 92% 164 Pts	4-Core 467 8-Core 726 74% 597 Pts	64-Core 737 46% 737 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 89.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2202 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 388.13 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.2% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 132 Parallax 103 90% 115 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 107 85% 104 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 82%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64 Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.4% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 116 Parallax 7.31 6% 43.7 fps	MRender 10.8 Gravity 7.03 Splatting 15.7 10% 11.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.4% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 133GB free Firmware: 1.0. Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 867 Write 917 Mixed 905 201% 896 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 98 4K Mixed 35.6 134% 52.7 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 460 DQ Mixed 108 167% 313 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 149%
SB2 256GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 114GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 3142 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 925 (A8) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 87 87 180 (AD) Unknown 100 100 2293833 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 715 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 0 (E7) Temperature 100 100 96 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4632	79.1% Very good	Read 362 Write 375 Mixed 470 90% 402 MB/s	4K Read 29.8 4K Write 85.9 4K Mixed 10.3 104% 42 MB/s	DQ Read 283 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 16.4 85% 193 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 88%
Asmt109x- Fast 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 104GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4590 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1565 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 99 99 20 (AE) Unknown 100 100 741 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 53 21 339303399471 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 99 99 1 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 8086880434 (F7) Unknown 100 100 252802702 (F8) Unknown 100 100 438050476 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.5% Excellent	Read 466 Write 474 Mixed 483 106% 474 MB/s	4K Read 25.6 4K Write 94.1 4K Mixed 24 119% 47.9 MB/s	DQ Read 31.4 DQ Write 214 DQ Mixed 19.4 45% 88.1 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.5% Great: 92%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009D3616 CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	72.6% Very good	MC Read 27.6 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 25.8 SC Mixed 23.1 63% 22.1 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 72.6% Great: 75%

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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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