Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 13% Tree trunk	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.17% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	99.1% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0KY0N5
Memory	12.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 01 '16 at 20:03
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	81.9% Excellent	Memory 89.6 1-Core 118 2-Core 233 83% 147 Pts	4-Core 401 8-Core 590 62% 495 Pts	64-Core 616 38% 616 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4483 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	6.17% Terrible	Lighting 6.6 Reflection 111 Parallax 6.62 5% 41.5 fps	MRender 8 Gravity 5.67 Splatting 13.1 8% 8.92 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung CM871a M.2 2280 128GB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 69GB free (System drive) Firmware: MAT22D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 12 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 30 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 867 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 66 43 34 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 99 99 184568082 (F2) Unknown 99 99 151462303	99.1% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 476 Mixed 491 110% 493 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 91.3 4K Mixed 35.1 144% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 35.4 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 35.7 55% 97.2 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 919GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 128 128 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 32 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 31 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 10 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 248 (C2) HDA temperature 214 214 154619478044 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 96334756 (F2) Unknown 100 100 16179296 (FE) Unknown 100 100 0	76% Very good	Read 138 Write 127 Mixed 129 99% 131 MB/s	4K Read 0.68 4K Write 1.56 4K Mixed 0.2 79% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 1,394 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.3 MC Mixed 21.7 76% 26.4 GB/s	SC Read 17.6 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 78%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,213x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	763x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	975x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	564x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	442x

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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Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16