Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 82% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83% 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	131% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). 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

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System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 09 '19 at 08:26
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	14%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (82^nd 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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	75.7% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 194 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 594 58% 478 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 112 Parallax 89 87% 103 fps	MRender 90.3 Gravity 91.7 Splatting 95.4 76% 92.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 117GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 343 394 408 409 405 394 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 949 Write 407 Mixed 438 SusWrite 392 121% 546 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 94.2 4K Mixed 36.8 147% 54.6 MB/s	DQ Read 677 DQ Write 411 DQ Mixed 493 381% 527 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 460GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 122 124 125 105 113 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 120 Write 124 Mixed 25 SusWrite 118 70% 96.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 009C3523 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 16GB 17 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2667, 2667 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	76.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 23.1 77% 27 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 33.6 SC Mixed 23.1 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 59% ↑ This bench: 76.4% 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	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	758x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	532x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	973x
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	786x
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 $293	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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16