Alienware m17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 126% UFO	Desktop 93% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 119% UFO


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 typical workstation, and even moderate server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	143% 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	249% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware m17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware m17 R4
Memory	25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20210708
Uptime	5 Days
Run Date	Nov 01 '21 at 18:51
Run Duration	307 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	54%

PC Performing as expected (60^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-10870H 23,498 User benchmarks, average bench 79% U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads Base clock 2.2 GHz, turbo 4 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	87.9% Excellent	Memory 93.9 1-Core 112 2-Core 230 83% 145 Pts	4-Core 441 8-Core 742 72% 592 Pts	64-Core 1,181 73% 1,181 Pts
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 87.9% Great: 92%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 (Laptop) 16,265 User benchmarks, average bench 125% Dell(1028 0A96) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 496.49 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	143% Outstanding	Lighting 207 Reflection 199 Parallax 196 169% 201 fps	MRender 195 Gravity 148 Splatting 121 123% 155 fps
Poor: 96% ↑ This bench: 143% Great: 144%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Seagate FireCuda 520 SSD ZP2000GM30002 2TB 6,080 User benchmarks, average bench 347% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: STNSC014 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1398 1721 1851 2144 1915 2167 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile)	249% Outstanding	Read 1144 Write 2,164 Mixed 1,321 SusWrite 1,866 370% 1,624 MB/s	4K Read 35.9 4K Write 100 4K Mixed 54.9 178% 63.6 MB/s	DQ Read 1,033 DQ Write 510 DQ Mixed 691 534% 745 MB/s
Poor: 173% ↑ This bench: 249% Great: 502%
WDC CH SN530 SDBPTPZ-1T00-1024 931GB 196 User benchmarks, average bench 179% 866GB free Firmware: 08.04.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1209 1208 991 511 510 512 MB/s Performing above expectations (62^nd percentile)	188% Outstanding	Read 1,032 Write 1,223 Mixed 1,108 SusWrite 823 236% 1,047 MB/s	4K Read 41.1 4K Write 96.7 4K Mixed 54.9 184% 64.2 MB/s	DQ Read 1,102 DQ Write 670 DQ Mixed 830 634% 867 MB/s
Poor: 98% ↑ This bench: 188% Great: 233%
Sabrent Rocket 4 NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$160 8,291 User benchmarks, average bench 359% 2TB free Firmware: RKT401.2 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2174 2193 2081 1779 1494 1846 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	258% Outstanding	Read 1139 Write 1,985 Mixed 1,429 SusWrite 1,928 369% 1,620 MB/s	4K Read 40.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 57 189% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 1,054 DQ Write 580 DQ Mixed 734 568% 789 MB/s
Poor: 207% ↑ This bench: 258% Great: 500%
SDXC Card 537GB 224 User benchmarks, average bench 9% 497GB free, PID null SusWrite @10s intervals: 22 22 22 22 22 22 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	31.4% Below average	Read 6.2 Write 13.7 Mixed 7.5 SusWrite 22.2 18% 12.4 MB/s	4K Read 1.9 4K Write 8.2 4K Mixed 2.9 385% 4.33 MB/s	DQ Read 2 DQ Write 8.7 DQ Mixed 3.3 416% 4.67 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 31.4% Great: 31%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMAB2GS6AMR6N-XN 2x16GB 3,322 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB Row of chips DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz Performing below potential (42^nd percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	77.7% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 23.2 80% 28 GB/s	SC Read 15.1 SC Write 25.2 SC Mixed 20.1 58% 20.1 GB/s	Latency 60 67% 60 ns
Poor: 54% ↑ This bench: 77.7% Great: 87%

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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 87%

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Workstation 87%

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System: Alienware m17 R4

CPU
Core i7-10870HIntelBench 79%, 23,498 samples	236x
Core i9-10980HKIntelBench 84%, 7,777 samples	80x
Core i7-4770KIntelBench 88%, 3 samples	1x

GPU
RTX 3070 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 114%, 45,297 samples	155x
RTX 3080 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 125%, 16,265 samples	121x
RTX 3060 (Laptop)NvidiaBench 90%, 102,706 samples	22x

SSD
SN730 NVMe WDC 1024GBPCBench 229%, 3,901 samples	67x
Raid 0 Volume 1TBIntelBench 242%, 17,176 samples	38x
NVMe KIOXIA 1024GBKxg60znv1t02Bench 262%, 4,912 samples	34x

RAM
HMAB2GS6AMR6N-XN 2x16GBHynixBench 78%, 3,322 samples	164x
4ATF1G64HZ-3G2E1 2x8GBMicronBench 70%, 20,634 samples	68x
HMAA1GS6CJR6N-XN 2x8GBHynixBench 66%, 21,689 samples	61x

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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