Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 56% Gunboat	Desktop 80% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 46% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (47th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 53 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 70.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	276% 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.

High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jun 04 '23 at 08:10
Run Duration	217 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	22%

PC Performing as expected (47^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	70.1% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 87 2-Core 161 66% 111 Pts	4-Core 306 8-Core 433 46% 370 Pts	64-Core 459 28% 459 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 70.1% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 31.0.15.2802 Performing below potential (45^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 87 Reflection 148 Parallax 82 71% 106 fps	MRender 89.2 Gravity 92.2 Splatting 97 76% 92.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 2TB 916 User benchmarks, average bench 331% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 5B2QGXA7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1553 1611 1673 1646 1675 1647 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	276% Outstanding	Read 2,136 Write 1,883 Mixed 1,896 SusWrite 1,634 424% 1,887 MB/s	4K Read 50.1 4K Write 83.9 4K Mixed 64.2 203% 66.1 MB/s	DQ Read 650 DQ Write 581 DQ Mixed 618 462% 616 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 276% Great: 528%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 877GB free Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1331 1713 1698 1682 1688 1689 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	264% Outstanding	Read 2,127 Write 1,814 Mixed 1,768 SusWrite 1,634 413% 1,836 MB/s	4K Read 46.6 4K Write 76.8 4K Mixed 56.5 184% 60 MB/s	DQ Read 633 DQ Write 332 DQ Mixed 587 408% 517 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 264% Great: 372%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 758GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 124 119 125 122 119 MB/s Performing above expectations (77^th percentile)	68.5% Good	Read 117 Write 100 Mixed 20 SusWrite 122 65% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 0.5 4K Mixed 0.3 72% 0.5 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.5% Great: 75%
Fantom External HDD 2TB 140 User benchmarks, average bench 56% 812GB free Firmware: 0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 39 40 40 40 40 39 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	21.7% Poor	Read 35.3 Write 36.5 Mixed 26.5 SusWrite 39.8 26% 34.5 MB/s	4K Read 1.1 4K Write 0.9 4K Mixed 0.7 140% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 21.7% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB 1,394 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	67.4% Good	MC Read 25.9 MC Write 25.7 MC Mixed 20.5 69% 24 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 23.4 SC Mixed 20.4 55% 19.3 GB/s	Latency 73.5 54% 73.5 ns
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 67.4% Great: 78%

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Gaming 49%

Yacht

Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

Speed boat

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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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16