Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 56% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 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 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	78.7% 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	147% 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.

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, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '19 at 20:38
Run Duration	150 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	Memory 84.7 1-Core 101 2-Core 182 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 581 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 580 36% 580 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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: 419.72 Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Lighting 96.5 Reflection 115 Parallax 88.7 79% 100 fps	MRender 95.4 Gravity 94.3 Splatting 98.4 79% 96 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
A400 NVMe SanDisk 512GB 629 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 320GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3590012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 473 376 376 377 377 377 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	147% Outstanding	Read 989 Write 776 Mixed 600 SusWrite 393 154% 689 MB/s	4K Read 40.4 4K Write 104 4K Mixed 53.3 185% 65.9 MB/s	DQ Read 655 DQ Write 518 DQ Mixed 446 372% 540 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 147% Great: 150%
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 155GB free Firmware: EMT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 309 365 430 430 439 438 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	107% Outstanding	Read 476 Write 453 Mixed 394 SusWrite 402 97% 431 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 81 4K Mixed 46.8 155% 54.1 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 325 DQ Mixed 344 258% 345 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 107% Great: 133%
Intel 660p NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$190 33,949 User benchmarks, average bench 217% 762GB free Firmware: 002C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 520 992 1236 1281 1320 1317 MB/s Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	250% Outstanding	Read 1,471 Write 368 Mixed 1,065 SusWrite 1111 224% 1,004 MB/s	4K Read 56 4K Write 157 4K Mixed 76.7 266% 96.5 MB/s	DQ Read 966 DQ Write 898 DQ Mixed 323 410% 729 MB/s
Poor: 154% ↑ This bench: 250% Great: 282%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
G.SKILL F4 DDR4 3000 C16 2x16GB 584 User benchmarks, average bench 87% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (24^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	79.7% Very good	MC Read 29 MC Write 31.5 MC Mixed 25.5 82% 28.7 GB/s	SC Read 15.9 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 22.8 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 72.2 55% 72.2 ns
Poor: 75% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 102%

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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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Gaming 49%

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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	1,207x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	756x
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	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	438x

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	784x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	192x
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 $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16