Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 64% Destroyer	Desktop 84% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 54% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (95th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 5 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	76.6% 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	75.1% 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.

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

2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 years ago, 2 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	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210121
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	May 06 '21 at 05:05
Run Duration	137 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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)	78.2% Very good	Memory 83.2 1-Core 119 2-Core 225 80% 142 Pts	4-Core 397 8-Core 557 60% 477 Pts	64-Core 571 35% 571 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.2% 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: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 466.27 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.6% Very good	Lighting 91.5 Reflection 125 Parallax 96.5 75% 104 fps	MRender 93.5 Gravity 96.2 Splatting 103 81% 97.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 128GB 6 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 84GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 107 94 94 96 82 95 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	75.1% Very good	Read 405 Write 325 Mixed 229 SusWrite 94.6 59% 263 MB/s	4K Read 29.9 4K Write 75.5 4K Mixed 36.1 132% 47.2 MB/s	DQ Read 348 DQ Write 220 DQ Mixed 207 175% 258 MB/s
Poor: 40% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 74%
Hitachi HTS721010A9 1TB 523 User benchmarks, average bench 60% 931GB free Firmware: A3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 139 139 137 139 136 139 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Read 144 Write 136 Mixed 39 SusWrite 138 83% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.4 105% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 81.1% Great: 76%

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)	78.4% Very good	MC Read 29.9 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.4 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 33.1 SC Mixed 24.5 71% 24.9 GB/s	Latency 74.8 54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 78.4% 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	1,206x
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	437x

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 $273	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 $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	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) $37	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