Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 69% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (80th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 20 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	100% 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	173% 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.

Very high background CPU (31%). 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.

Run History

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	13.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 09 '20 at 00:03
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	31%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (80^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 84.4 1-Core 110 2-Core 195 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 374 8-Core 586 59% 480 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 451.67 Performing below potential (77^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	100% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 118 104% 129 fps	MRender 112 Gravity 126 Splatting 105 93% 115 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 100% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme TOSHIBA-RC100 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 566 575 710 638 521 511 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 944 Write 734 Mixed 856 SusWrite 587 175% 780 MB/s	4K Read 51.3 4K Write 141 4K Mixed 69.4 241% 87.3 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 461 DQ Mixed 533 405% 550 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 175%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 274GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1917 1251 1245 1244 1244 1237 MB/s Performing above expectations (60^th percentile)	311% Outstanding	Read 2490 Write 2,156 Mixed 1,715 SusWrite 1,356 432% 1,929 MB/s	4K Read 61.9 4K Write 159 4K Mixed 83.3 285% 101 MB/s	DQ Read 979 DQ Write 820 DQ Mixed 904 676% 901 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 311% Great: 372%
Toshiba HDWL120 2TB 1,726 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: JT000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 129 109 125 129 127 MB/s Performing above expectations (74^th percentile)	75.2% Very good	Read 137 Write 120 Mixed 57.2 SusWrite 124 80% 110 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 4.9 4K Mixed 0.6 212% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 75.2% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.2% Very good	MC Read 30.2 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 23.2 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 32 SC Mixed 23.1 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 72.8 55% 72.8 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.2% Great: 79%

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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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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	785x
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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16