Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 78% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (43rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 57 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.3% 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	60.9% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

4 years ago, 4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190118
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Mar 27 '20 at 02:15
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing as expected (43^rd 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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	71.8% Very good	Memory 82.9 1-Core 101 2-Core 174 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 525 52% 426 Pts	64-Core 522 32% 522 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.75 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.3% Very good	Lighting 93.6 Reflection 113 Parallax 95.8 76% 101 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 92.5 Splatting 95.7 76% 92.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB 26,659 User benchmarks, average bench 107% 556GB free Firmware: M3CR023 SusWrite @10s intervals: 377 374 378 378 383 374 MB/s Performing way below expectations (13^th percentile)	95.2% Outstanding	Read 440 Write 382 Mixed 345 SusWrite 378 87% 386 MB/s	4K Read 27.6 4K Write 64.9 4K Mixed 37.6 124% 43.4 MB/s	DQ Read 381 DQ Write 328 DQ Mixed 298 239% 336 MB/s
Poor: 86% ↑ This bench: 95.2% Great: 123%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 35GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4152012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 165 88 88 76 75 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	60.9% Good	Read 384 Write 306 Mixed 281 SusWrite 96.9 60% 267 MB/s	4K Read 22.1 4K Write 36.1 4K Mixed 25.2 85% 27.8 MB/s	DQ Read 339 DQ Write 257 DQ Mixed 233 192% 276 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 60.9% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 250GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 86 91 91 91 90 90 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	51.6% Above average	Read 89.7 Write 82 Mixed 20.7 SusWrite 90 51% 70.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.5 108% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 51.6% Great: 75%
Imation Nano Pro II 8GB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 7% 5GB free, PID 0726 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 3 3.3 3.3 3.7 3.7 4 MB/s Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	4.97% Terrible	Read 20.2 Write 11.2 Mixed 11 SusWrite 3.5 14% 11.5 MB/s	4K Read 5.4 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.8 MB/s
Poor: 5% ↑ This bench: 4.97% Great: 9%

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 below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	69.8% Good	MC Read 25.3 MC Write 28.8 MC Mixed 22 72% 25.4 GB/s	SC Read 12.6 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 19.7 52% 18.3 GB/s	Latency 75.3 53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 84%

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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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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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 $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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16