Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 98% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 83% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 76.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	125% 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	329% 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 (18%). 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	10.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181115
Uptime	0.3 Days
Run Date	May 22 '19 at 01:39
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 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 (82^nd percentile)	76.8% Very good	Memory 86.2 1-Core 104 2-Core 178 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 363 8-Core 585 58% 474 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% Asus(1043 85EA) CLim: 1999 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 430.39 Performing below potential (55^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	125% Outstanding	Lighting 170 Reflection 168 Parallax 170 139% 169 fps	MRender 122 Gravity 182 Splatting 122 115% 142 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 125% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$250 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1821 1895 1966 2039 1235 934 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,402 Write 2,086 Mixed 1,300 SusWrite 1,648 416% 1,859 MB/s	4K Read 51.9 4K Write 164 4K Mixed 77 264% 97.5 MB/s	DQ Read 1192 DQ Write 1,070 DQ Mixed 1,133 849% 1,132 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 371%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 238GB free Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 361 235 232 234 234 161 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	150% Outstanding	Read 991 Write 763 Mixed 742 SusWrite 243 153% 685 MB/s	4K Read 37.1 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 58.8 199% 74.2 MB/s	DQ Read 841 DQ Write 680 DQ Mixed 745 562% 756 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 150% Great: 141%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 987GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 99 99 100 99 100 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	39.9% Below average	Read 40.2 Write 64.7 Mixed 48.3 SusWrite 98.4 46% 62.9 MB/s	4K Read 1.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 1.2 216% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 39.9% 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 as expected (54^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	MC Read 27.9 MC Write 28.3 MC Mixed 21.1 74% 25.8 GB/s	SC Read 15.6 SC Write 25.7 SC Mixed 22 60% 21.1 GB/s	Latency 71.1 56% 71.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	785x
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 $300	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 $40	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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16