Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 68% Battle cruiser	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (41st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 59 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 69.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	92.2% 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	47% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	23.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit Farben
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20210607
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Oct 14 '23 at 11:01
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	41%

PC Performing as expected (41^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	69.8% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 95.9 2-Core 184 68% 119 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 475 51% 408 Pts	64-Core 539 33% 539 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 69.8% 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: 535.98 Performing below potential (29^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	92.2% Outstanding	Lighting 112 Reflection 179 Parallax 105 91% 132 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 125 Splatting 111 94% 115 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SK hynix SC401 SATA 256GB 2,615 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 25GB free (System drive) Firmware: 90000121 SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 69 41 35 38 56 MB/s Performing below potential (4^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	47% Average	Read 65.7 Write 211 Mixed 215 SusWrite 91.6 33% 146 MB/s	4K Read 16.8 4K Write 49.1 4K Mixed 25.8 84% 30.6 MB/s	DQ Read 228 DQ Write 327 DQ Mixed 263 203% 273 MB/s
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 86%
Seagate Portable 1TB 4,264 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 147GB free Firmware: 0712 SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 94 93 95 93 94 MB/s Performing as expected (58^th percentile)	49.7% Average	Read 80.2 Write 90.2 Mixed 83.1 SusWrite 92.9 64% 86.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.8 132% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 49.7% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown K821PJ-MIE 2x16GB 36 User benchmarks, average bench 72% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	MC Read 28.7 MC Write 31.2 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.2 SC Write 30.3 SC Mixed 23.2 64% 22.6 GB/s	Latency 86 46% 86 ns
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 80%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	67	51	120	17.2"	1707 897	AUO1496

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Gaming 49%

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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	1,210x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	759x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	974x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	441x

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	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
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 $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $280	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $165	Nvidia RTX 4070 $490	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16