Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 20% Surfboard	Desktop 51% Yacht	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (11th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 89 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	41.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	159% 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 09 '19 at 19:27
Run Duration	166 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%

PC Performing way below expectations (11^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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	37.4% Below average	Memory 60.1 1-Core 25.1 2-Core 50.5 31% 45.2 Pts	4-Core 81.1 8-Core 124 13% 102 Pts	64-Core 128 8% 128 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 37.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3086 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	41.9% Average	Lighting 46.4 Reflection 96.7 Parallax 57.2 38% 66.8 fps	MRender 60 Gravity 48 Splatting 70.2 50% 59.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 41.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 6,967 User benchmarks, average bench 225% 418GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXY7301Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1080 1072 1152 1137 388 426 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	159% Outstanding	Read 1,444 Write 1,360 Mixed 781 SusWrite 876 250% 1,115 MB/s	4K Read 33 4K Write 47.9 4K Mixed 35.4 121% 38.8 MB/s	DQ Read 242 DQ Write 203 DQ Mixed 220 166% 222 MB/s
Poor: 131% ↑ This bench: 159% Great: 294%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 24GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 115 116 117 118 117 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	57.2% Above average	Read 83.4 Write 82.5 Mixed 19.1 SusWrite 116 54% 75.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.2% Great: 75%
JMicron 3TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 825GB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 21 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.7% Very poor	Read 37 Write 36.8 Mixed 33.6 SusWrite 20.5 24% 32 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.5 130% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 104%
JMicron 3TB 131 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 2.5TB free Firmware: 9122 SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 20 21 21 21 21 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	16.9% Very poor	Read 37.5 Write 37.9 Mixed 34.8 SusWrite 20.5 24% 32.7 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 2.3 4K Mixed 0.7 162% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 16% ↑ This bench: 16.9% Great: 104%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2400 C16 2x16GB 2,464 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	46.6% Average	MC Read 17.2 MC Write 16.5 MC Mixed 20 51% 17.9 GB/s	SC Read 6.4 SC Write 9.4 SC Mixed 9 24% 8.27 GB/s	Latency 127 31% 127 ns
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 46.6% Great: 89%

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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	437x

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 $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $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