Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 100% UFO	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 84% Aircraft carrier


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (89th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 11 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	130% 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	110% 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	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

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170914
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 18 '17 at 07:26
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	7%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (89^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.6% Very good	Memory 89.2 1-Core 107 2-Core 197 76% 131 Pts	4-Core 346 8-Core 538 55% 442 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
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: 388.31 Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	130% Outstanding	Lighting 180 Reflection 205 Parallax 181 147% 189 fps	MRender 130 Gravity 179 Splatting 127 117% 145 fps
Poor: 109% ↑ This bench: 130% Great: 133%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.76% Terrible	Lighting 7.1 Reflection 148 Parallax 6.78 6% 53.8 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.67 Splatting 13.6 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.76% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB 3,445 User benchmarks, average bench 67% 20GB free (System drive) Firmware: T87110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 290 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 335 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 11 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 712 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 100 100 60 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 4 (EE) Unknown 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 3548414472 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4078484916	110% Outstanding	Read 517 Write 472 Mixed 497 111% 495 MB/s	4K Read 39 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 40.4 148% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 366 DQ Write 291 DQ Mixed 117 145% 258 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 588GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 126 126 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 491 (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 98 98 957 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 315 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 24 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 92 92 83038 (C2) HDA temperature 187 187 180389740576 (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 100 100 325 (F1) Unknown 100 100 4227860445 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4689251270 (FE) Unknown 100 100 2	63.5% Good	Read 115 Write 106 Mixed 120 86% 114 MB/s	4K Read 0.47 4K Write 1.67 4K Mixed 0.21 74% 0.78 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 63.5% 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% Very good	MC Read 29.4 MC Write 30.2 MC Mixed 22.4 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 17.1 SC Write 29.2 SC Mixed 23.3 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 68.3 59% 68.3 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 77% Great: 78%

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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	529x

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	437x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	192x
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	781x
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