Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 69% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	83.6% 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	79.7% 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 (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 7 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0GNM4H
Memory	11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161207
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 01 '17 at 02:47
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	18%

PC Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 92 1-Core 98.2 2-Core 184 74% 125 Pts	4-Core 353 8-Core 543 55% 448 Pts	64-Core 534 33% 534 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 69%

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: 369.68 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	83.6% Excellent	Lighting 103 Reflection 123 Parallax 96.1 84% 107 fps	MRender 97.4 Gravity 97.2 Splatting 107 83% 100 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 83.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 500GB 25,072 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 232GB free Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (36^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 257 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 328 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 69 38 31 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 46 (F1) Unknown 99 99 2065007708	106% Outstanding	Read 513 Write 414 Mixed 418 100% 449 MB/s	4K Read 45.9 4K Write 98.4 4K Mixed 45.5 180% 63.3 MB/s	DQ Read 47.4 DQ Write 198 DQ Mixed 27.4 49% 91 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 106% Great: 131%
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 54GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 282 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 7 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5151 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 69 62 266288824351 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 1108118339842 (EE) Unknown 99 100 16605733 (F1) Unknown 253 253 2798967278 (F2) Unknown 253 253 3542256379	79.7% Very good	Read 506 Write 316 Mixed 394 90% 406 MB/s	4K Read 30.7 4K Write 60.9 4K Mixed 16.6 100% 36.1 MB/s	DQ Read 244 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 15.4 76% 171 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 79.7% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 735GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3107 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 343 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 270 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 349 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 43987 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 7 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 36 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 10426 (C2) HDA temperature 64 52 206159282197 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 264 (F1) Unknown 98 94 2915870 (F2) Unknown 95 94 7661834 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	76% Very good	Read 129 Write 135 Mixed 131 99% 132 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 4.27 4K Mixed 0.27 134% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.4 GB/s	SC Read 17 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 24.2 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 64.1 62% 64.1 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 78%

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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	530x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	968x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	437x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	193x
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	782x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	191x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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