Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 72.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	95% 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	207% 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 (11%). 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 13 '19 at 06:12
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	11%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (63^rd 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 2.9 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (48^th percentile)	72.3% Very good	Memory 90.6 1-Core 90.6 2-Core 147 67% 109 Pts	4-Core 292 8-Core 486 47% 389 Pts	64-Core 473 29% 473 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.3% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.36 Performing below potential (43^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	95% Outstanding	Lighting 120 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 98% 123 fps	MRender 109 Gravity 121 Splatting 101 89% 110 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 95% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 255GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 847 621 619 619 606 614 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	207% Outstanding	Read 1704 Write 1,478 Mixed 662 SusWrite 654 250% 1,125 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 56.9 193% 70.9 MB/s	DQ Read 954 DQ Write 806 DQ Mixed 802 622% 854 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 207% Great: 254%
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 128GB 2,851 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 119GB free Firmware: MVT22D0Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 223 158 159 159 159 159 MB/s Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	94.5% Outstanding	Read 486 Write 467 Mixed 406 SusWrite 169 86% 382 MB/s	4K Read 35.1 4K Write 80.2 4K Mixed 46.7 156% 54 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 345 DQ Mixed 356 269% 361 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 94.5% Great: 101%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 446GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 120 121 121 122 121 119 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	73.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 128 Mixed 30.2 SusWrite 121 75% 104 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.6 129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 2,972 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	74.8% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 27.9 MC Mixed 22.2 75% 26.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 23.9 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 66.3 60% 66.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 74.8% Great: 78%

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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	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
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	787x
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