Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 84% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 72% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	93% 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	200% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 04 '17 at 03:04
Run Duration	171 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	86.8% Excellent	Memory 90.4 1-Core 133 2-Core 250 89% 158 Pts	4-Core 448 8-Core 703 71% 575 Pts	64-Core 678 42% 678 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 86.8% 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: 385.69 Performing below potential (32^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	93% Outstanding	Lighting 117 Reflection 138 Parallax 114 96% 123 fps	MRender 107 Gravity 116 Splatting 102 88% 108 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 93% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial MX300 SATA M.2 1TB-$65 6,111 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 153GB free Firmware: M0CR040 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 18 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 3 (AE) Unknown 100 100 112 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 43 17 356483465273 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 100 100 0 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 4649220214 (F7) Unknown 100 100 145324015 (F8) Unknown 100 100 58731583 (B4) Unknown 0 0 8783 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	80.6% Excellent	Read 479 Write 335 Mixed 335 85% 383 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 61.2 4K Mixed 24.6 97% 35.9 MB/s	DQ Read 301 DQ Write 212 DQ Mixed 55.1 96% 189 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 80.6% Great: 104%
Nvme THNSN51T02DUK NV 1TB 2,534 User benchmarks, average bench 122% 89GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 1,636 Write 943 Mixed 1,227 281% 1,268 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 136 4K Mixed 37.9 190% 73.2 MB/s	DQ Read 487 DQ Write 447 DQ Mixed 212 229% 382 MB/s
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 163%
Transcend TS512GMTS400 512GB 148 User benchmarks, average bench 90% 72GB free Firmware: O1225H1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (71^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 8 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 215 (A0) Unknown 100 100 0 (A1) Unknown 100 100 47 (A3) Unknown 100 100 43 (A4) Unknown 100 100 2194 (A5) Unknown 100 100 9 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 2 (A8) Unknown 100 100 3000 (A9) Unknown 100 100 100 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 0 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 56 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (F1) Unknown 100 100 25959 (F2) Unknown 100 100 18297 (F5) Unknown 100 100 35104	97.9% Outstanding	Read 512 Write 437 Mixed 470 106% 473 MB/s	4K Read 32.6 4K Write 82 4K Mixed 39.2 143% 51.3 MB/s	DQ Read 34.3 DQ Write 261 DQ Mixed 57.5 71% 118 MB/s
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 97.9% Great: 109%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 246GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (39^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 124 124 98784247810 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 474 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 522 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 405 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 58 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 9695 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 206159609889 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 65 (F1) Unknown 100 100 8888346572 (F2) Unknown 100 100 3303692544 (FE) Unknown 100 100 5	56.1% Above average	Read 94.5 Write 101 Mixed 112 78% 103 MB/s	4K Read 0.39 4K Write 1.55 4K Mixed 0.19 66% 0.71 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 56.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.9% Excellent	MC Read 29.7 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 29 GB/s	SC Read 18.3 SC Write 32.9 SC Mixed 24.6 72% 25.3 GB/s	Latency 66.7 60% 66.7 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 81.9% Great: 82%

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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	1,217x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	764x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	534x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	976x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	566x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	443x

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 $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	135x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	791x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16