Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 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 83.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.83% 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	137% 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	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 26 '20 at 16:14
Run Duration	124 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	1%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Memory 88.6 1-Core 114 2-Core 220 80% 141 Pts	4-Core 428 8-Core 558 63% 493 Pts	64-Core 558 34% 558 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7263 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.83% Terrible	Lighting 7 Reflection 113 Parallax 7.62 6% 42.7 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.17 Splatting 14.6 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.83% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 180GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 360 405 404 410 405 406 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	137% Outstanding	Read 942 Write 414 Mixed 513 SusWrite 398 126% 567 MB/s	4K Read 35.7 4K Write 111 4K Mixed 41.8 166% 62.7 MB/s	DQ Read 692 DQ Write 414 DQ Mixed 493 383% 533 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 137% Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 821GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 135 134 134 133 132 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 127 Mixed 28.2 SusWrite 131 76% 106 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.1 4K Mixed 0.5 105% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	82% Excellent	MC Read 31.2 MC Write 32.6 MC Mixed 23.4 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.4 SC Mixed 24.7 73% 25.4 GB/s	Latency 68.9 58% 68.9 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82% Great: 84%

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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	1,206x
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 $275	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	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) $35	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