Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 77% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (33rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 67 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 good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	128% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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 (33%). 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	10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Dec 18 '18 at 06:09
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	33%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing below expectations (33^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.6% Very good	Memory 80.5 1-Core 88.8 2-Core 173 67% 114 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 516 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 526 32% 526 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% PNY(196E 12FB) ≥ 4GB; VCG2080T11TFMPB-O CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 416.94 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	128% Outstanding	Lighting 162 Reflection 195 Parallax 202 132% 186 fps	MRender 223 Gravity 193 Splatting 126 142% 181 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 128% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 1TB-$102 9,497 User benchmarks, average bench 98% 323GB free Firmware: X61190WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 387 396 400 401 409 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	82.5% Excellent	Read 440 Write 404 Mixed 323 SusWrite 395 88% 390 MB/s	4K Read 20.7 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 25.7 83% 27.5 MB/s	DQ Read 362 DQ Write 303 DQ Mixed 268 218% 311 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 120%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 41GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 126 127 127 127 120 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 2TB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 80 83 86 86 86 86 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	38.3% Below average	Read 48.7 Write 78.5 Mixed 48 SusWrite 84.4 48% 64.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 38.3% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (25^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.5% Good	MC Read 26.6 MC Write 25.2 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.5 GB/s	SC Read 13.6 SC Write 21.1 SC Mixed 18.9 51% 17.9 GB/s	Latency 79.6 50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 78%

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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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Gaming 49%

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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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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