Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 44% Speed boat	Desktop 90% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 38% Jet ski


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 78.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	47.9% is a reasonable 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle the majority of recent games but it will struggle with resolutions greater than 1080p at ultra detail levels. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jan 18 '21 at 19:25
Run Duration	206 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (73^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 (100^th percentile)	78.4% Very good	Memory 90.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 214 81% 141 Pts	4-Core 359 8-Core 568 57% 464 Pts	64-Core 576 36% 576 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1060 (Mobile) 177,775 User benchmarks, average bench 47% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6109 Performing below potential (64^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	47.9% Average	Lighting 57.4 Reflection 99.5 Parallax 59.8 47% 72.2 fps	MRender 64.9 Gravity 58.8 Splatting 60.5 50% 61.4 fps
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 47.9% Great: 52%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 52GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete		Read 2,107 Write 1,844 Mixed 1,175 379% 1,709 MB/s	4K Read 66.8 4K Write 169 4K Mixed 90.6 307% 109 MB/s	DQ Read 1,030 DQ Write 849 DQ Mixed 939 704% 939 MB/s
Poor: 199% Great: 340%
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 161GB free Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1673 1660 1651 1591 1586 1580 MB/s Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)	315% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 1,514 Mixed 750 SusWrite 1,624 333% 1,492 MB/s	4K Read 54 4K Write 177 4K Mixed 75.7 273% 102 MB/s	DQ Read 1,148 DQ Write 1,028 DQ Mixed 1,007 777% 1,061 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 315% Great: 353%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 544GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 108 114 114 113 113 114 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile)	56% Above average	Read 82.4 Write 84.1 Mixed 18.8 SusWrite 113 54% 74.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.6 118% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56% Great: 75%

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 above expectations (84^th percentile)	76.2% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.2 MC Mixed 22 77% 26.8 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.7 GB/s	Latency 67 60% 67 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 76.2% Great: 78%

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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%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,209x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	532x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	972x
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	132x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	786x
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