Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	188% 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	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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	4.3 Days
Run Date	Aug 21 '18 at 14:20
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	AUS-User
Background CPU	1%
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 (77^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 84.8 1-Core 121 2-Core 200 78% 135 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 619 60% 491 Pts	64-Core 614 38% 614 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 23.20.16.4973 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 7.73 Reflection 10.8 Parallax 7.78 6% 8.79 fps	MRender 11.5 Gravity 7.17 Splatting 13.9 9% 10.9 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 347GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 637 596 604 598 387 245 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,396 Write 1,144 Mixed 1,221 SusWrite 511 239% 1,068 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 119 4K Mixed 63.6 206% 74.4 MB/s	DQ Read 901 DQ Write 760 DQ Mixed 799 607% 820 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 215%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 547GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 114 114 115 116 116 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	64.9% Good	Read 112 Write 109 Mixed 29.1 SusWrite 115 66% 91.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.4 96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 64.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	79.3% Very good	MC Read 28.9 MC Write 30.7 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.1 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.3% Great: 82%

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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	1,216x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	764x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	534x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	975x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	566x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	443x

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	135x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	790x
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 i5-12600K $176	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $124	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16