Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 103% UFO	Desktop 98% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 89% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	111% 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	618% 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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	12.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Oct 08 '17 at 06:48
Run Duration	138 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	5%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90.5% Outstanding	Memory 93.9 1-Core 133 2-Core 244 89% 157 Pts	4-Core 469 8-Core 729 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 728 45% 728 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080 1,686 User benchmarks, average bench 104% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2890 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 385.69 Performing above expectations (80^th percentile)	111% Outstanding	Lighting 145 Reflection 162 Parallax 136 118% 148 fps	MRender 129 Gravity 142 Splatting 118 105% 130 fps
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 111% Great: 149%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45 240,629 User benchmarks, average bench 199% 94GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	618% Outstanding	Read 5,012 Write 81.1 Mixed 159 364% 1,751 MB/s	4K Read 1,026 4K Write 4.85 4K Mixed 4.81 1,564% 345 MB/s
Poor: 142% ↑ This bench: 618% Great: 236%
Samsung PM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB 44,403 User benchmarks, average bench 196% 67GB free Firmware: 4D1Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	275% Outstanding	Read 2,743 Write 1,305 Mixed 1,561 411% 1,870 MB/s	4K Read 61.6 4K Write 103 4K Mixed 61.7 227% 75.5 MB/s	DQ Read 517 DQ Write 201 DQ Mixed 134 159% 284 MB/s
Poor: 126% ↑ This bench: 275% Great: 259%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 140GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 171 171 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 349 (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 99 621 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 312 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 142 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 2390 (C2) HDA temperature 157 157 184684576806 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 16 (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 99 99 476 (F1) Unknown 100 100 15546219284 (F2) Unknown 100 100 7022593271 (FE) Unknown 100 100 1	40.9% Average	Read 84.5 Write 58.2 Mixed 64.9 52% 69.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.37 4K Write 0.36 4K Mixed 0.11 34% 0.28 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.9% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	82.6% Excellent	MC Read 31.9 MC Write 31.9 MC Mixed 23.6 83% 29.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 26.4 72% 25.1 GB/s	Latency 60.1 67% 60.1 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 82.6% Great: 84%

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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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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	785x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	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) $23	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16