Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 75% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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	97.4% 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	234% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	20.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181115
Uptime	10.9 Days
Run Date	Dec 05 '19 at 02:03
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (47^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 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (55^th percentile)	72.8% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 98.4 2-Core 173 71% 120 Pts	4-Core 315 8-Core 438 47% 377 Pts	64-Core 426 26% 426 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing below potential (62^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	97.4% Outstanding	Lighting 123 Reflection 139 Parallax 114 100% 125 fps	MRender 110 Gravity 125 Splatting 105 92% 113 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 97.4% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 149GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 717 435 420 409 402 394 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,261 Write 1,996 Mixed 1,509 SusWrite 463 347% 1,557 MB/s	4K Read 53.9 4K Write 128 4K Mixed 72.4 242% 84.7 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 835 DQ Mixed 896 673% 900 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 340%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 133GB free Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 373 394 395 392 390 MB/s Performing above expectations (76^th percentile)	131% Outstanding	Read 934 Write 379 Mixed 498 SusWrite 384 122% 549 MB/s	4K Read 32.3 4K Write 98.6 4K Mixed 37.2 149% 56 MB/s	DQ Read 700 DQ Write 406 DQ Mixed 492 382% 533 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 131% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 75GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 70 72 72 72 72 72 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	43.9% Average	Read 81.5 Write 76.2 Mixed 19.2 SusWrite 71.4 45% 62.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.6 124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.9% 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 as expected (55^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 26.9 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 25.6 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 15.8 SC Write 29.7 SC Mixed 19.5 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 69.8 57% 69.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 76.7% 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%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
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	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	785x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	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) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16