Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 76% Battleship	Desktop 92% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 66% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 85.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	83.9% 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	108% 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.

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	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 22 '18 at 04:05
Run Duration	161 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (79^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Memory 91.3 1-Core 119 2-Core 215 82% 142 Pts	4-Core 429 8-Core 697 69% 563 Pts	64-Core 690 43% 690 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 85.4% 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: 385.14 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.9% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 122 Parallax 104 85% 110 fps	MRender 93.8 Gravity 97.6 Splatting 104 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 76GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)	108% Outstanding	Read 1,748 Write 74.2 Mixed 105 134% 642 MB/s	4K Read 31.2 4K Write 30.1 4K Mixed 15.6 83% 25.7 MB/s	DQ Read 349 DQ Write 53.3 DQ Mixed 39.3 70% 147 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 108% Great: 193%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 41GB free Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	261% Outstanding	Read 2,690 Write 1,205 Mixed 1,447 391% 1,781 MB/s	4K Read 55.8 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 44.2 207% 75 MB/s	DQ Read 461 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 168 186% 318 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 261% Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 257GB free Firmware: JB0OA3P0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 97 97 5232 (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 91 91 4283 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 2825 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 155 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 88 88 123738 (C2) HDA temperature 171 171 210453987363 (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 100 100 435 (F1) Unknown 100 100 13804066984 (F2) Unknown 100 100 15375903095 (FE) Unknown 100 100 36	67.8% Good	Read 118 Write 118 Mixed 112 88% 116 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.17 71% 0.75 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 67.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
A4FE162C F4 DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	79.4% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 25.9 82% 28.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.7 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 23 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 65.3 61% 65.3 ns
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 79.4% Great: 81%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,210x
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 $252	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	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 $490	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