Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 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 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 79.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.4% 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	156% 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.

High background CPU (28%). 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, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171024
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 12 '18 at 00:56
Run Duration	188 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	28%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	Memory 91.3 1-Core 118 2-Core 217 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 367 8-Core 612 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 598 37% 598 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 83%

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: 390.65 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Lighting 96.2 Reflection 116 Parallax 88.7 78% 100 fps	MRender 93 Gravity 90.3 Splatting 101 78% 94.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 411GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 2518 (0C) Power cycle count 98 98 1031 (B1) Unknown 99 99 11 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 60 22 40 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 94 (F1) Unknown 99 99 15216851859
Poor: 79% Great: 131%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 181GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	156% Outstanding	Read 1,576 Write 701 Mixed 755 221% 1,011 MB/s	4K Read 34.7 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 24.9 144% 57.2 MB/s	DQ Read 31.7 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 155 129% 176 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 156% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 801GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 192 192 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 387 (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 100 100 193 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 225 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 4544 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 197569544223 (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 17 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1300267804 (F2) Unknown 100 100 933681482 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	76.2% Very good	Read 129 Write 136 Mixed 121 97% 129 MB/s	4K Read 0.57 4K Write 1.75 4K Mixed 0.22 80% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 75%
SanDisk Extreme USB 3.0 16GB-$17 2,906 User benchmarks, average bench 62% 11GB free, PID 5580 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Read 227 Write 36.6 Mixed 43.2 92% 102 MB/s	4K Read 12 4K Write 9.32 4K Mixed 4.87 527% 8.73 MB/s	DQ Read 13.5 DQ Write 10.2 DQ Mixed 3.36 512% 9.04 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 81%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB 62,266 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 30.3 MC Write 28.9 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 25.4 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	193x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	154x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $168	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16