Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 89% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 61% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	85.4% 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	315% 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 (29%). 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 21 '18 at 01:35
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	29%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	74.6% Very good	Memory 89.7 1-Core 110 2-Core 214 79% 138 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 604 55% 463 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.6% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.1 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	85.4% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 122 Parallax 105 86% 111 fps	MRender 97 Gravity 99.4 Splatting 106 83% 101 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 85.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 309GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1588 1671 1643 1757 1749 1732 MB/s Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,466 Write 1,829 Mixed 939 SusWrite 1,690 386% 1,731 MB/s	4K Read 48.9 4K Write 148 4K Mixed 69.3 241% 88.7 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 841 DQ Mixed 841 641% 865 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 353%
A400 NVMe SanDisk 256GB 447 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 238GB free Firmware: A3590012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 248 220 210 203 210 MB/s Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	133% Outstanding	Read 938 Write 662 Mixed 570 SusWrite 235 134% 601 MB/s	4K Read 40.2 4K Write 102 4K Mixed 48.8 178% 63.8 MB/s	DQ Read 657 DQ Write 517 DQ Mixed 386 344% 520 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 133% Great: 145%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 728GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 124 123 123 123 123 MB/s Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	71.6% Very good	Read 127 Write 124 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 123 72% 99.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 71.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB 1,216 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	MC Read 30.4 MC Write 32.5 MC Mixed 23.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.5 SC Mixed 22.6 65% 22.7 GB/s	Latency 67.7 59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 63% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 83%

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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	1,206x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $30	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