Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 72% Battleship	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 64% Destroyer


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 67.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	102% 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	86.6% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait 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 (37%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	24.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 1600 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	6.5 Days
Run Date	Sep 23 '21 at 16:29
Run Duration	164 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	37%

PC Performing as expected (57^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 18,903 User benchmarks, average bench 72% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	67.5% Good	Memory 81.8 1-Core 94.2 2-Core 172 68% 116 Pts	4-Core 287 8-Core 553 50% 420 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 67.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile) 17,197 User benchmarks, average bench 95% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (85^th percentile)	102% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 140 Parallax 128 104% 132 fps	MRender 116 Gravity 132 Splatting 116 99% 121 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 512GB 10,182 User benchmarks, average bench 146% 137GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 183 135 154 141 128 121 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	86.6% Excellent	Read 860 Write 272 Mixed 364 SusWrite 144 90% 410 MB/s	4K Read 29.5 4K Write 24.9 4K Mixed 24.4 89% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 656 DQ Write 68.3 DQ Mixed 123 150% 282 MB/s
Poor: 79% ↑ This bench: 86.6% Great: 215%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 889GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 123 125 121 122 125 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	69% Good	Read 118 Write 114 Mixed 24.7 SusWrite 123 68% 94.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69% Great: 75%
WD My Book 25ED 8TB 458 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 7.5TB free, PID 25ed Operating at USB 3.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 187 201 203 191 197 195 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	84.8% Excellent	Read 186 Write 191 Mixed 130 SusWrite 196 239% 176 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 4.8 4K Mixed 1.6 225% 2.77 MB/s
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 84.8% Great: 95%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB 7,581 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (75^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31 MC Mixed 26 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.8 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 21 62% 21.7 GB/s	Latency 77.2 52% 77.2 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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	37.3"	1280 720	GSM76FB LG ULTRAWIDE

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

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	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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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) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16