Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 108% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 92% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	127% 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.
Boot Drive	292% 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.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	1.1 Days
Run Date	Jan 08 '19 at 22:16
Run Duration	222 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	8%

PC Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.85 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.2% Excellent	Memory 84.1 1-Core 129 2-Core 250 86% 154 Pts	4-Core 454 8-Core 683 71% 568 Pts	64-Core 636 39% 636 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 84.2% Great: 82%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$499 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% PNY(196E 1210) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 417.35 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 175 Reflection 188 Parallax 186 143% 183 fps	MRender 123 Gravity 175 Splatting 128 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 6.37 Reflection 143 Parallax 6.12 5% 51.7 fps	MRender 7.57 Gravity 6.13 Splatting 12.8 8% 8.84 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$690 3,492 User benchmarks, average bench 271% 947GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1287 1390 1430 1243 1405 1357 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	292% Outstanding	Read 2,131 Write 1,494 Mixed 806 SusWrite 1,352 322% 1,446 MB/s	4K Read 48.4 4K Write 137 4K Mixed 67 232% 84 MB/s	DQ Read 1,111 DQ Write 1,265 DQ Mixed 1,137 870% 1,171 MB/s
Poor: 162% ↑ This bench: 292% Great: 354%
Samsung 850 Pro 2TB-$320 2,669 User benchmarks, average bench 108% 1TB free Firmware: EXM04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 389 411 425 390 421 414 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	118% Outstanding	Read 482 Write 416 Mixed 390 SusWrite 408 95% 424 MB/s	4K Read 40.3 4K Write 101 4K Mixed 54.5 184% 65.4 MB/s	DQ Read 379 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 356 268% 359 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 118% Great: 130%
Samsung 950 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$625 54,978 User benchmarks, average bench 223% 325GB free Firmware: 2B0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1424 1424 1425 1421 1328 716 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	255% Outstanding	Read 1807 Write 1,396 Mixed 766 SusWrite 1,290 294% 1,315 MB/s	4K Read 47.9 4K Write 140 4K Mixed 61.6 226% 83.1 MB/s	DQ Read 1,177 DQ Write 402 DQ Mixed 477 434% 685 MB/s
Poor: 138% ↑ This bench: 255% Great: 283%
Drobo Mini 17.5TB 38 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 16.5TB free, PID 4d49 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 263 293 301 281 299 296 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	114% Outstanding	Read 214 Write 263 Mixed 200 SusWrite 289 338% 242 MB/s	4K Read 4.9 4K Write 6 4K Mixed 4.2 365% 5.03 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 114% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 23.4 77% 26.9 GB/s	SC Read 18.1 SC Write 30.8 SC Mixed 25.7 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 73.3 55% 73.3 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 76.6% 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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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 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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