Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 65% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 55% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.8% 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	320% 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.

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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	24.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	1 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '20 at 02:09
Run Duration	194 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (83^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 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 83.1 1-Core 105 2-Core 179 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 348 8-Core 534 54% 441 Pts	64-Core 538 33% 538 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1949 MHz, MLim: 2277 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 457.51 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.8% Excellent	Lighting 96.6 Reflection 181 Parallax 110 79% 129 fps	MRender 106 Gravity 97.8 Splatting 107 85% 103 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$154 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 549GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1585 1629 1632 1660 1587 1497 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,360 Write 2,033 Mixed 1,603 SusWrite 1,598 426% 1,898 MB/s	4K Read 62.7 4K Write 163 4K Mixed 86.8 292% 104 MB/s	DQ Read 906 DQ Write 759 DQ Mixed 822 618% 829 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 372%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 562GB free Firmware: RVT04B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 881 473 477 476 471 452 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 81% Great: 133%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD824A.C16FJ 2x16GB 105 User benchmarks, average bench 77% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	79.5% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.4 81% 28.5 GB/s	SC Read 16 SC Write 31.9 SC Mixed 23.7 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 75 53% 75 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 79.5% Great: 83%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	756x
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	438x

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	192x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $79	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16