Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 53% Yacht


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 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 74.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.9% 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	171% 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	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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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 0HVMG5
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170209
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 01 '18 at 21:56
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%
CPU Throttled	99%

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 i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	Memory 84.5 1-Core 104 2-Core 181 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 352 8-Core 500 54% 426 Pts	64-Core 559 35% 559 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 387.99 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.9% Very good	Lighting 95.8 Reflection 114 Parallax 89.6 78% 99.8 fps	MRender 92.3 Gravity 90.6 Splatting 99.8 78% 94.2 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 7,011 User benchmarks, average bench 140% 477GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	167% Outstanding	Read 1,548 Write 575 Mixed 801 213% 975 MB/s	4K Read 38.7 4K Write 145 4K Mixed 34.2 179% 72.6 MB/s	DQ Read 394 DQ Write 362 DQ Mixed 161 181% 306 MB/s
Poor: 94% ↑ This bench: 167% Great: 172%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 3,708 User benchmarks, average bench 138% 420GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	171% Outstanding	Read 1,775 Write 762 Mixed 1,064 264% 1,200 MB/s	4K Read 34.9 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 16.6 132% 53.4 MB/s	DQ Read 392 DQ Write 347 DQ Mixed 22.4 112% 254 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 171% Great: 172%
SanDisk SSD Plus 240GB-$28 133,640 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 77GB free Firmware: Z32080RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 0 100 131 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 467 (A5) Unknown 100 100 373671592072 (A6) Unknown 100 100 3 (A7) Unknown 100 100 0 (A8) Unknown 100 100 5 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 63 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 60 25 322122547240 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 193276936244 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 874 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1277 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1032 (F2) Unknown 253 253 2970 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 482 Write 421 Mixed 360 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 61.9 4K Mixed 4.72 72% 29.5 MB/s	DQ Read 213 DQ Write 253 DQ Mixed 3.74 66% 157 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 86%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 29.1 SC Mixed 21.9 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 72.6 55% 72.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 82%

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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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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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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