Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 91% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 79% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	101% 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	220% 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

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System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181115
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 19 '19 at 22:06
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	ESP-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.4% Excellent	Memory 91.1 1-Core 130 2-Core 251 88% 157 Pts	4-Core 440 8-Core 724 71% 582 Pts	64-Core 715 44% 715 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.4% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200 478,117 User benchmarks, average bench 104% EVGA(3842 2172) CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60 Performing below potential (33^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 124 Reflection 116 Parallax 131 101% 124 fps	MRender 171 Gravity 124 Splatting 99 104% 131 fps
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 112%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 391GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1486 1030 589 582 582 585 MB/s Performing as expected (57^th percentile)	220% Outstanding	Read 1,586 Write 1,468 Mixed 586 SusWrite 809 248% 1,113 MB/s	4K Read 36.8 4K Write 138 4K Mixed 55.6 200% 76.9 MB/s	DQ Read 1,072 DQ Write 963 DQ Mixed 668 597% 901 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 220% Great: 254%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 504GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 416 411 433 440 334 256 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	92.2% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 402 Mixed 320 SusWrite 382 85% 378 MB/s	4K Read 19.9 4K Write 84.1 4K Mixed 34.6 119% 46.2 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 280 229% 326 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 123%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 580GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 134 129 131 129 131 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	Read 131 Write 101 Mixed 24.9 SusWrite 130 70% 96.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.8% Excellent	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 26.3 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 26.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 65.6 61% 65.6 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.8% Great: 82%

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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	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	529x

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	192x
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	781x
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 $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