Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 77% Battleship	Desktop 90% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 79%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	102% 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	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.

High background CPU (26%). 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	28.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colori
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 04 '17 at 21:31
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	26%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (59^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	79% Very good	Memory 88.7 1-Core 112 2-Core 215 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 614 60% 494 Pts	64-Core 623 39% 623 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79% 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: 388.43 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 113 Reflection 122 Parallax 92.7 92% 109 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 128 Splatting 100 91% 112 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 933GB free Firmware: AADA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	290% Outstanding	Read 2,487 Write 1,742 Mixed 2,323 486% 2,184 MB/s	4K Read 45.3 4K Write 160 4K Mixed 68.5 241% 91.2 MB/s	DQ Read 42.3 DQ Write 375 DQ Mixed 166 141% 194 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 290% Great: 251%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB 18,578 User benchmarks, average bench 191% 330GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 Max speed: Unknown Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 727 Write 595 Mixed 607 143% 643 MB/s	4K Read 21.7 4K Write 66.7 4K Mixed 21.1 95% 36.5 MB/s	DQ Read 227 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 67.1 78% 138 MB/s
Poor: 82% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 332%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 148GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 154 154 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 493 (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 100 100 235 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 123 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5778 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 180389675045 (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 35 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4334701669 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2464302685 (FE) Unknown 100 100 8	49.5% Average	Read 88.9 Write 83.5 Mixed 78.9 63% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.07 4K Mixed 0.2 68% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 49.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3H1 2x16GB 911 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	82.9% Excellent	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.7 MC Mixed 26.2 84% 29.3 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.5 SC Mixed 26.4 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 68.8 58% 68.8 ns
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 82.9% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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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	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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