Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 107% UFO	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 90% Nuclear submarine


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	139% 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	286% 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.

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	9.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 30 '19 at 23:08
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	10%
CPU Throttled	99%

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PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76% Very good	Memory 90.1 1-Core 104 2-Core 193 76% 129 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 560 54% 448 Pts	64-Core 553 34% 553 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2080-Ti-$441 357,946 User benchmarks, average bench 156% EVGA(3842 2281) CLim: 2265 MHz, MLim: 3750 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 441.66 Performing below potential (10^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	139% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 215 Parallax 220 141% 203 fps	MRender 269 Gravity 220 Splatting 139 164% 209 fps
Poor: 128% ↑ This bench: 139% Great: 174%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$249 10,709 User benchmarks, average bench 290% 1TB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1243 1512 1598 1230 1131 539 MB/s Performing as expected (47^th percentile)	286% Outstanding	Read 2,392 Write 2,145 Mixed 1558 SusWrite 1,209 409% 1,826 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 146 4K Mixed 73.3 247% 89.9 MB/s	DQ Read 970 DQ Write 825 DQ Mixed 887 668% 894 MB/s
Poor: 195% ↑ This bench: 286% Great: 371%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$73 71,106 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 782GB free Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 96 98 98 97 98 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	42.3% Average	Read 50 Write 89.7 Mixed 54 SusWrite 96.9 54% 72.7 MB/s	4K Read 1.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.9 174% 1.13 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.3% Great: 68%

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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	74.7% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 29 MC Mixed 22.1 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.1 SC Write 26.3 SC Mixed 21.8 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 67.1 60% 67.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 74.7% Great: 78%

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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	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $289	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 $39	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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16