Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 24% Surfboard	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 21% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	24.8% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	232% 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.

Very high background CPU (58%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Mar 06 '18 at 19:22
Run Duration	141 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	58%

PC Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	68.2% Good	Memory 82.4 1-Core 84.4 2-Core 127 61% 98.1 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 486 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 394 24% 394 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 68.2% Great: 69%

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: 391.1 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	24.8% Poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 63.8 8% 28.5 fps	MRender 68.9 Gravity 62.4 Splatting 76 57% 69.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 24.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 147GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY73H1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	232% Outstanding	Read 2,514 Write 1,208 Mixed 1,430 378% 1,717 MB/s	4K Read 48.1 4K Write 93.8 4K Mixed 28.7 159% 56.9 MB/s	DQ Read 305 DQ Write 209 DQ Mixed 26.4 82% 180 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 232% Great: 259%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 115GB free Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 2548 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1157 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 21 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5171 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 59 253404053546 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 3470383907624 (EE) Unknown 97 100 16206247 (F1) Unknown 253 253 8030486892 (F2) Unknown 253 253 16025129838	77.7% Very good	Read 482 Write 315 Mixed 396 88% 398 MB/s	4K Read 24.6 4K Write 50.1 4K Mixed 23.1 93% 32.6 MB/s	DQ Read 255 DQ Write 234 DQ Mixed 54.4 93% 181 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 62GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 141 141 60129542145 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 2238 (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 95 95 2544 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1136 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 35 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 96 96 46767 (C2) HDA temperature 200 200 180389478430 (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 29857309156 (F2) Unknown 100 100 21852677916 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	46.1% Average	Read 87.2 Write 73.7 Mixed 87.8 63% 82.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 0.92 4K Mixed 0.16 53% 0.51 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 46.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	71.2% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 29.1 MC Mixed 21.3 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.2 SC Write 25.4 SC Mixed 20.7 56% 19.4 GB/s	Latency 76.1 52% 76.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.2% Great: 78%

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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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