Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 51% Yacht	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 43% Speed boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 72.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	65.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	73.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system 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.

High background CPU (24%). 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit 种颜色
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	9.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 03 '19 at 22:26
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	24%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 3.25 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 82.5 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 143 65% 106 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 519 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 479 30% 479 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3615 Performing below potential (15^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	65.2% Good	Lighting 95.1 Reflection 108 Parallax 84.7 78% 95.9 fps	MRender 88.1 Gravity 85.6 Splatting 0.09 41% 57.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: T87110D SusWrite @10s intervals: 129 155 95 119 113 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	73.8% Very good	Read 428 Write 406 Mixed 364 SusWrite 121 74% 330 MB/s	4K Read 29.4 4K Write 47.1 4K Mixed 33.7 113% 36.7 MB/s	DQ Read 354 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 242 202% 293 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 87%
Samsung PM951 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 1TB 2,610 User benchmarks, average bench 155% 566GB free Firmware: BXV77D0Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 900 886 892 695 297 376 MB/s Performing above expectations (67^th percentile)	172% Outstanding	Read 978 Write 826 Mixed 523 SusWrite 674 168% 750 MB/s	4K Read 37.9 4K Write 114 4K Mixed 47.4 179% 66.5 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 662 DQ Mixed 731 572% 797 MB/s
Poor: 93% ↑ This bench: 172% Great: 201%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 640GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 104 104 106 106 106 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	66.1% Good	Read 125 Write 104 Mixed 23.3 SusWrite 105 65% 89.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 66.1% Great: 75%

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 below potential (15^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	62.7% Good	MC Read 23.8 MC Write 22.9 MC Mixed 19.9 63% 22.2 GB/s	SC Read 14.1 SC Write 22.5 SC Mixed 18.7 53% 18.4 GB/s	Latency 76.1 53% 76.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 62.7% Great: 78%

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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	528x

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	436x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	191x
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	780x
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 $279	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 $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	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