Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 54% Yacht	Desktop 72% Battleship	Workstation 47% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 68.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	78.1% 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	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	22.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	14.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 30 '21 at 19:41
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (46^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	68.4% Good	Memory 77.2 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 191 69% 121 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 532 52% 427 Pts	64-Core 533 33% 533 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 68.4% Great: 82%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6647 Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	Lighting 96.9 Reflection 70.5 Parallax 92.9 79% 86.8 fps	MRender 87.3 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 99.5 76% 92.4 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 419GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 94 85 78 53 89 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	45.8% Average	Read 77.5 Write 43.2 Mixed 21.7 SusWrite 82.1 41% 56.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1 4K Mixed 0.5 91% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 45.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (39^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	74.9% Very good	MC Read 27.2 MC Write 30.4 MC Mixed 23.7 77% 27.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 28 SC Mixed 22.9 62% 21.8 GB/s	Latency 85.9 47% 85.9 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 74.9% Great: 82%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	60	17.3"	1280 720	SHP1446

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Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,670 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings

Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

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	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	529x

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	192x
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	781x
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