Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 17% Surfboard	Desktop 43% Speed boat	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (27th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 73 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 29.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	42.2% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	110% 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	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 (46%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171211
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 08 '18 at 19:08
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	46%

PC Performing below expectations (27^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	29.2% Poor	Memory 45.2 1-Core 21.5 2-Core 42.4 25% 36.4 Pts	4-Core 73.3 8-Core 118 12% 95.9 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 29.2% 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 below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	42.2% Average	Lighting 36.9 Reflection 59.5 Parallax 73.4 30% 56.6 fps	MRender 73.4 Gravity 71.2 Splatting 91.8 66% 78.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 42.2% 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% 155GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 1,455 Write 539 Mixed 544 184% 846 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 35.6 4K Mixed 10.9 59% 21.3 MB/s	DQ Read 18 DQ Write 32.5 DQ Mixed 10.7 12% 20.4 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 127 127 68719476737 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 165 (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 100 100 132 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 130 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 14 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2061 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 201864249373 (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 8 (F1) Unknown 100 100 451001130 (F2) Unknown 100 100 654127898 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	70.8% Very good	Read 123 Write 124 Mixed 123 93% 123 MB/s	4K Read 0.58 4K Write 1.38 4K Mixed 0.17 69% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	43.9% Average	MC Read 16.5 MC Write 16.1 MC Mixed 18.9 49% 17.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.5 SC Write 9.2 SC Mixed 7.8 21% 7.5 GB/s	Latency 180 22% 180 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 43.9% Great: 84%

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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	529x

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	437x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	192x
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	781x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	190x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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