Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 62% Destroyer	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (62nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 38 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	75.9% 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	206% 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 (12%). 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	4.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Nov 16 '19 at 13:41
Run Duration	153 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (62^nd 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 (99^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 88.1 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 176 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 340 8-Core 545 54% 443 Pts	64-Core 556 34% 556 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 75.5% 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: 441.12 Performing below potential (74^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	75.9% Very good	Lighting 92.9 Reflection 107 Parallax 94 76% 97.8 fps	MRender 91.6 Gravity 91.2 Splatting 95.5 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 75.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 367,854 User benchmarks, average bench 276% 167GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 681 344 349 348 370 425 MB/s Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	206% Outstanding	Read 2286 Write 334 Mixed 1,544 SusWrite 420 252% 1,146 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 97.2 4K Mixed 67.3 217% 72.4 MB/s	DQ Read 485 DQ Write 430 DQ Mixed 474 351% 463 MB/s
Poor: 178% ↑ This bench: 206% Great: 355%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 66GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 4,583 Write 4,478 Mixed 3,766 954% 4,276 MB/s	4K Read 239 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 175 673% 192 MB/s	DQ Read 666 DQ Write 442 DQ Mixed 531 402% 546 MB/s
Poor: 81% Great: 133%
Ca3-8d256-q11 NVMe LITEON 256GB 592 User benchmarks, average bench 148% 55GB free Firmware: C48110D Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 271 260 261 253 262 262 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	170% Outstanding	Read 1,705 Write 795 Mixed 868 SusWrite 262 200% 908 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 98.5 4K Mixed 59.4 199% 68.2 MB/s	DQ Read 548 DQ Write 519 DQ Mixed 540 403% 535 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 170% Great: 200%

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 as expected (54^th percentile)	72% Very good	MC Read 27.5 MC Write 27.7 MC Mixed 21.9 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 14.9 SC Write 24.9 SC Mixed 21.5 58% 20.4 GB/s	Latency 69.4 58% 69.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 72% Great: 78%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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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 $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