Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 38% Jet ski	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (25th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 75 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 33.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	5.38% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	110% 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	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

12 months ago, 12 months ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 24 '23 at 19:51
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (25^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 1.15 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	33.9% Below average	Memory 50.8 1-Core 33.4 2-Core 49.5 30% 44.6 Pts	4-Core 93.1 8-Core 193 17% 143 Pts	64-Core 169 10% 169 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.9% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 31.0.101.2111 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	5.38% Terrible	Lighting 6 Reflection 92.3 Parallax 7.1 5% 35.1 fps	MRender 7.7 Gravity 5.6 Splatting 9.3 6% 7.53 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.38% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sabrent SB-2130-1TB 1TB 104 User benchmarks, average bench 200% 416GB free (System drive) Firmware: R21B47.1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 782 873 779 796 757 678 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	110% Outstanding	Read 777 Write 864 Mixed 901 SusWrite 777 188% 830 MB/s	4K Read 21.9 4K Write 29.4 4K Mixed 23.4 79% 24.9 MB/s	DQ Read 205 DQ Write 120 DQ Mixed 156 118% 161 MB/s
Poor: 90% ↑ This bench: 110% Great: 331%
Samsung 980 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$75 262,559 User benchmarks, average bench 251% 870GB free Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 801 898 801 822 780 691 MB/s Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	123% Outstanding	Read 1,008 Write 1,096 Mixed 989 SusWrite 799 219% 973 MB/s	4K Read 22 4K Write 31.2 4K Mixed 25.6 83% 26.3 MB/s	DQ Read 243 DQ Write 134 DQ Mixed 174 134% 184 MB/s
Poor: 149% ↑ This bench: 123% Great: 365%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT16G4SFRA32A.C8FF 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 24GB 2400, 2400 MHz 16384, 8192 MB Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples	49.8% Average	MC Read 18.3 MC Write 20.7 MC Mixed 18 54% 19 GB/s	SC Read 7.4 SC Write 13.9 SC Mixed 10.6 30% 10.6 GB/s	Latency 158 25% 158 ns

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System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

SkillBench Score 9: 0P 1R 1G 1B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
9%	9%	34	187	58	60	17.2"	1280 720	AUO109D

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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	1,244x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	778x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	545x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	996x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	578x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	455x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	197x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	154x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	139x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	802x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	194x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	177x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $98	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $380	WD Black SN850X M.2 1TB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $205	Nvidia RTX 4070 $519	Crucial T700 M.2 4TB $380