Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


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 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 78%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.3% 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	157% 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.

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	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 22 '17 at 18:16
Run Duration	136 Seconds
Run User	BEL-User
Background CPU	2%
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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 117 2-Core 215 81% 140 Pts	4-Core 357 8-Core 584 58% 470 Pts	64-Core 617 38% 617 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8799 Performing below potential (60^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.3% Outstanding	Lighting 133 Reflection 126 Parallax 117 108% 125 fps	MRender 99.2 Gravity 115 Splatting 89.9 82% 101 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 99.3% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 135GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	157% Outstanding	Read 2,250 Write 334 Mixed 504 220% 1,029 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 167 4K Mixed 18.6 147% 69.5 MB/s	DQ Read 26 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 29.2 41% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 157% Great: 193%
SABRENT 2TB 519 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 1.5TB free Firmware: 0204 Performing as expected (59^th percentile)	66% Good	Read 125 Write 105 Mixed 89 80% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.98 4K Write 1.85 4K Mixed 0.64 147% 1.16 MB/s
Poor: 21% ↑ This bench: 66% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 659GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 129 129 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 41 (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 45 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 34 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 9 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2315 (C2) HDA temperature 230 230 184684838938 (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 22 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1799188412 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1944648707 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	69.6% Good	Read 120 Write 123 Mixed 114 89% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.53 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.17 70% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 2,972 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.8 MC Mixed 22.5 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 25.3 70% 24.6 GB/s	Latency 67.4 59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 78%

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Gaming 49%

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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 i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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