Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 79% Battleship	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 67% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	101% 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	282% 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	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	Windows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.

High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	23.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 11
BIOS Date	20220318
Uptime	6.3 Days
Run Date	Nov 02 '23 at 11:51
Run Duration	214 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	28%

PC Performing as expected (49^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7820HK 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 above expectations (63^rd percentile)	74.2% Very good	Memory 86.4 1-Core 97.1 2-Core 182 72% 122 Pts	4-Core 335 8-Core 541 54% 438 Pts	64-Core 542 34% 542 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 74.2% 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: 546.01 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 126 Reflection 139 Parallax 127 103% 131 fps	MRender 115 Gravity 129 Splatting 116 98% 120 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SHPP41-2000GM 2TB 8,135 User benchmarks, average bench 489% 1.5TB free (System drive) Firmware: 51060A20 SusWrite @10s intervals: 1696 1726 1709 1813 1826 1827 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	282% Outstanding	Read 2,314 Write 2,074 Mixed 1,929 SusWrite 1,766 454% 2,021 MB/s	4K Read 49.3 4K Write 80.8 4K Mixed 63.5 199% 64.5 MB/s	DQ Read 502 DQ Write 354 DQ Mixed 417 314% 424 MB/s
Poor: 301% ↑ This bench: 282% Great: 641%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB 9,737 User benchmarks, average bench 171% 954GB free Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1085 904 902 904 905 897 MB/s Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	186% Outstanding	Read 1,638 Write 1,526 Mixed 1,304 SusWrite 933 303% 1,350 MB/s	4K Read 29.3 4K Write 77.2 4K Mixed 43.3 141% 49.9 MB/s	DQ Read 518 DQ Write 382 DQ Mixed 443 333% 447 MB/s
Poor: 99% ↑ This bench: 186% Great: 251%
Crucial MX500 4TB-$220 1,824 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 3.5TB free Firmware: M3CR045 SusWrite @10s intervals: 329 339 339 355 356 357 MB/s Performing way below expectations (16^th percentile)	86% Excellent	Read 337 Write 410 Mixed 342 SusWrite 346 81% 359 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 57.5 4K Mixed 37.6 122% 41.3 MB/s	DQ Read 315 DQ Write 274 DQ Mixed 114 135% 234 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 86% Great: 119%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB 7,581 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (66^th percentile)	78.1% Very good	MC Read 28.4 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.3 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 13.2 SC Write 28.5 SC Mixed 21.4 60% 21 GB/s	Latency 72.1 56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 78.1% Great: 82%

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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	71	59	30	84.6"	1280 720	SAM7016 SAMSUNG

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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	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	530x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	967x
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	193x
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	782x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	190x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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 $40	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