Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 60% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (56th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 44 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.2% 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	189% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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	18 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	May 30 '20 at 01:56
Run Duration	146 Seconds
Run User	ITA-User
Background CPU	18%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (56^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.3% Very good	Memory 75.1 1-Core 116 2-Core 222 77% 138 Pts	4-Core 417 8-Core 657 66% 537 Pts	64-Core 663 41% 663 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.3% Great: 83%

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: 445.87 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.2% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 122 Parallax 103 84% 109 fps	MRender 94.5 Gravity 98.8 Splatting 104 82% 99 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 260GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 825 598 613 614 610 603 MB/s Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	189% Outstanding	Read 1,816 Write 1,480 Mixed 724 SusWrite 644 259% 1,166 MB/s	4K Read 32 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 46.8 162% 59.7 MB/s	DQ Read 701 DQ Write 493 DQ Mixed 622 458% 606 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 189% Great: 254%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 4,485 User benchmarks, average bench 119% 35GB free Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 373 380 371 322 194 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 901 Write 380 Mixed 463 SusWrite 337 115% 520 MB/s	4K Read 32.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 34.2 143% 53.3 MB/s	DQ Read 668 DQ Write 395 DQ Mixed 489 376% 517 MB/s
Poor: 77% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 142%
Intel Raid 1 Volume 1.5TB 363 User benchmarks, average bench 52% 30GB free Firmware: 1.0. SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 61 61 61 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	34.3% Below average	Read 58.5 Write 50.5 Mixed 43.7 SusWrite 60.7 39% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.8 142% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 19% ↑ This bench: 34.3% Great: 103%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43BB1-CRC 2x16GB 4,237 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	76.7% Very good	MC Read 28.3 MC Write 29.5 MC Mixed 25.1 79% 27.6 GB/s	SC Read 16.8 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.2 67% 23.4 GB/s	Latency 90.2 44% 90.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ 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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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