Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 76.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	192% 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	11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 05 '20 at 15:30
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	NLD-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (75^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.7% Very good	Memory 89.9 1-Core 114 2-Core 226 82% 144 Pts	4-Core 343 8-Core 603 57% 473 Pts	64-Core 622 38% 622 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.7% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4575 Performing below potential (73^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	101% Outstanding	Lighting 134 Reflection 129 Parallax 118 109% 127 fps	MRender 105 Gravity 115 Splatting 98.4 86% 106 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33 44,050 User benchmarks, average bench 125% 176GB free (System drive) Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 317 321 305 342 335 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	192% Outstanding	Read 1,730 Write 694 Mixed 1,084 SusWrite 322 211% 957 MB/s	4K Read 45.5 4K Write 132 4K Mixed 65.1 222% 80.9 MB/s	DQ Read 740 DQ Write 795 DQ Mixed 362 384% 632 MB/s
Poor: 73% ↑ This bench: 192% Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 125 129 128 127 128 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	75.6% Very good	Read 136 Write 134 Mixed 32.8 SusWrite 127 78% 108 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.6% Great: 75%
SanDisk Cruzer Switch 16GB 3,032 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 15GB free, PID 5572 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 2.7 3.7 5.5 5.1 5.2 5.5 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	6.3% Terrible	Read 18.6 Write 11.7 Mixed 10 SusWrite 4.6 14% 11.2 MB/s	4K Read 3.2 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.2 39% 1.33 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 6.3% Great: 12%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3H1 2x8GB 2,972 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77% Very good	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.4 66% 23.1 GB/s	Latency 67.3 59% 67.3 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%

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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%

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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 $279	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