Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (76th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 24 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.3% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at 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.

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	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '19 at 04:13
Run Duration	245 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.8% Very good	Memory 84.2 1-Core 88 2-Core 163 66% 112 Pts	4-Core 310 8-Core 468 48% 389 Pts	64-Core 476 30% 476 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 419.67 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.3% Excellent	Lighting 97.9 Reflection 119 Parallax 91.5 80% 103 fps	MRender 96 Gravity 97.1 Splatting 103 81% 98.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 11GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,508 Write 1,760 Mixed 1,302 410% 1,856 MB/s	4K Read 52.8 4K Write 150 4K Mixed 75.6 256% 92.9 MB/s	DQ Read 912 DQ Write 787 DQ Mixed 846 635% 848 MB/s
Poor: 195% Great: 371%
Mushkin Reactor 1TB-$50 9,565 User benchmarks, average bench 89% 4GB free Firmware: N1007C Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 503 Write 394 Mixed 19.5 67% 306 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 9.3 4K Mixed 14 56% 15.1 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 281 DQ Mixed 14.9 84% 191 MB/s
Poor: 67% Great: 105%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 2TB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1441 1415 1580 1619 1619 1620 MB/s Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	278% Outstanding	Read 1,520 Write 1,615 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 1,549 326% 1,448 MB/s	4K Read 57 4K Write 156 4K Mixed 78.2 269% 96.9 MB/s	DQ Read 923 DQ Write 826 DQ Mixed 324 394% 691 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 278% Great: 282%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 32GB-$8 33,725 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 29GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 38 39 33 14 12 14 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	33.6% Below average	Read 151 Write 38.8 Mixed 59.5 SusWrite 25 74% 68.6 MB/s	4K Read 6.8 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 1.7 134% 3.33 MB/s
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 33.6% Great: 38%
WD My Passport 0741 2TB 1,643 User benchmarks, average bench 30% 37GB free, PID 0741 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 67 71 72 72 73 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	25.4% Poor	Read 59.7 Write 64.2 Mixed 25.3 SusWrite 70.4 74% 54.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.4 29% 0.43 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.4% Great: 44%

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 above expectations (69^th percentile)	74% Very good	MC Read 28 MC Write 29.4 MC Mixed 21.5 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 27.7 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.4 GB/s	Latency 73.1 55% 73.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 78%

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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 $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 $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