Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 85% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battleship


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 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93.4% 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	84.6% 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	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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	28.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 23 '18 at 05:43
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
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 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 93.8 1-Core 120 2-Core 219 83% 144 Pts	4-Core 436 8-Core 566 64% 501 Pts	64-Core 593 37% 593 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34 Performing below potential (36^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93.4% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 129 Parallax 109 96% 118 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 120 Splatting 101 89% 109 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6 SATA 180GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: LSFD38N SusWrite @10s intervals: 178 109 79 81 80 69 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	84.6% Excellent	Read 489 Write 423 Mixed 380 SusWrite 99.2 78% 348 MB/s	4K Read 30.5 4K Write 96.4 4K Mixed 39.8 148% 55.6 MB/s	DQ Read 285 DQ Write 318 DQ Mixed 213 185% 272 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 84.6% Great: 84%
Samsung 850 Evo 250GB-$100 951,591 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 232GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 385 317 319 318 318 319 MB/s Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 496 Write 476 Mixed 384 SusWrite 329 95% 421 MB/s	4K Read 45.4 4K Write 107 4K Mixed 59.4 202% 70.6 MB/s	DQ Read 372 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 346 261% 350 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 124%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 134GB free Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1213 392 299 300 301 301 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	214% Outstanding	Read 2014 Write 1,517 Mixed 658 SusWrite 468 258% 1,164 MB/s	4K Read 42.5 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 52.9 204% 77.3 MB/s	DQ Read 1,026 DQ Write 905 DQ Mixed 761 626% 897 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 214% Great: 236%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Kingston HyperX DDR4 2666 C15 2x16GB 10,266 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	91.5% Outstanding	MC Read 32.8 MC Write 34.6 MC Mixed 30.6 93% 32.7 GB/s	SC Read 19.3 SC Write 36 SC Mixed 26.2 78% 27.2 GB/s	Latency 60.2 66% 60.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 92%

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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	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

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	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
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 i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	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