Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 23% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 20% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	21.1% 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	79.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jun 11 '18 at 03:52
Run Duration	119 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 97.5 2-Core 194 71% 124 Pts	4-Core 368 8-Core 566 58% 467 Pts	64-Core 524 32% 524 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 6GB, Driver: 389.12 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	21.1% Poor	Lighting 9.97 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 51.5 8% 24.3 fps	MRender 61.3 Gravity 49.9 Splatting 58.1 46% 56.5 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 21.1% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 38GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	Read 948 Write 334 Mixed 539 133% 607 MB/s	4K Read 15.8 4K Write 35.2 4K Mixed 11 57% 20.7 MB/s	DQ Read 17 DQ Write 168 DQ Mixed 17.5 36% 67.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 137%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 426GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 188 188 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 971 (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 99 99 572 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 411 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 31 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10774 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 193274708000 (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 86 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3317638553 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2753645219 (FE) Unknown 100 100 7	63.3% Good	Read 113 Write 108 Mixed 106 82% 109 MB/s	4K Read 0.71 4K Write 1.42 4K Mixed 0.17 75% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown TEAMGROUP-SD4-2400 2x16GB 545 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	75.4% Very good	MC Read 27.3 MC Write 29.8 MC Mixed 24.9 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 26.5 SC Mixed 21.6 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 79.5 50% 79.5 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 75.4% Great: 83%

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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	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 $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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