Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 96% Nuclear submarine	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 82% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	127% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	116% 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	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, 2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 31 '21 at 16:08
Run Duration	197 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing as expected (54^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 (98^th percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 79.4 1-Core 108 2-Core 200 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 372 8-Core 585 59% 478 Pts	64-Core 592 37% 592 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.2% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080-Ti-$485 840,268 User benchmarks, average bench 124% EVGA(3842 6598) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1987 MHz, MLim: 2752 MHz, Ram: 11GB, Driver: 466.11 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	127% Outstanding	Lighting 173 Reflection 190 Parallax 180 141% 181 fps	MRender 136 Gravity 183 Splatting 129 121% 150 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 127% Great: 133%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 96GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80007E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 109 157 185 180 183 153 MB/s Performing as expected (56^th percentile)	116% Outstanding	Read 1,002 Write 161 Mixed 236 SusWrite 161 84% 390 MB/s	4K Read 41.2 4K Write 109 4K Mixed 40.8 172% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 468 DQ Write 161 DQ Mixed 198 177% 275 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 116% Great: 167%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 197GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 173 210 207 208 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.7% Above average	Read 367 Write 354 Mixed 319 SusWrite 193 69% 308 MB/s	4K Read 19 4K Write 38 4K Mixed 24.9 81% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 162 DQ Write 150 DQ Mixed 110 95% 140 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.7% Great: 97%
Samsung Portable SSD T5 2TB 2,362 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 1TB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 150 174 210 207 208 208 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	58.9% Above average	Read 380 Write 386 Mixed 326 SusWrite 193 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 18.9 4K Write 38.2 4K Mixed 24.8 81% 27.3 MB/s	DQ Read 156 DQ Write 144 DQ Mixed 91.6 85% 131 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 58.9% Great: 97%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 503GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 89 93 93 93 93 92 MB/s Performing as expected (40^th percentile)	56.2% Above average	Read 104 Write 102 Mixed 29.9 SusWrite 92 59% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.2% 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 way above expectations (90^th percentile)	77.2% Very good	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 22.6 79% 27.7 GB/s	SC Read 16.7 SC Write 30.4 SC Mixed 22.8 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 81.7 49% 81.7 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77.2% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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%	3	109	5	60	7.2"	1536 864	DON0060 DENON-AVRHD

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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	436x

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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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