Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 58% Gunboat	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 49% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (44th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 56 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 68.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	76.8% 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	213% 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	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

5 months ago, 5 months ago, 5 months ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '23 at 18:01
Run Duration	210 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	26%

PC Performing as expected (44^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 above expectations (76^th percentile)	68.7% Good	Memory 76.9 1-Core 93.5 2-Core 183 68% 118 Pts	4-Core 327 8-Core 474 50% 401 Pts	64-Core 510 32% 510 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 68.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 546.33 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	76.8% Very good	Lighting 91.3 Reflection 119 Parallax 93.2 74% 101 fps	MRender 91.3 Gravity 99.7 Splatting 105 81% 98.5 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 908 655 651 655 653 648 MB/s Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	213% Outstanding	Read 2,142 Write 1,849 Mixed 1,439 SusWrite 695 342% 1,531 MB/s	4K Read 45.6 4K Write 80.9 4K Mixed 58.9 187% 61.8 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 537 DQ Mixed 574 436% 590 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 213% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 168GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1768 693 584 585 582 583 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	227% Outstanding	Read 2,198 Write 1,971 Mixed 1,468 SusWrite 799 360% 1,609 MB/s	4K Read 48.2 4K Write 87.7 4K Mixed 59.2 195% 65 MB/s	DQ Read 716 DQ Write 604 DQ Mixed 620 475% 647 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 227% Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 400GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 96 97 97 97 96 MB/s Performing as expected (46^th percentile)	59.1% Above average	Read 110 Write 102 Mixed 22.1 SusWrite 95.8 60% 82.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.5 116% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 59.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ED9D3616 BLS16G4S26BFSD.16FD 2x16GB 50 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (40^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	78.4% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25.7 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 14.6 SC Write 30 SC Mixed 22.4 64% 22.3 GB/s	Latency 78.7 51% 78.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 78.4% Great: 83%

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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	120	17.2"	1280 720	AUO1496

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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	1,214x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	763x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	975x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	565x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	442x

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	134x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	788x
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 $260	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $95	Nvidia RTX 4070 $542	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16