Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 61% Destroyer	Desktop 81% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 52% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	77.8% 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	226% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 months ago, 6 months ago, 6 months ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.1 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 18:22
Run Duration	207 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 way above expectations (88^th percentile)	70.9% Very good	Memory 82.1 1-Core 95.1 2-Core 176 69% 118 Pts	4-Core 322 8-Core 527 52% 425 Pts	64-Core 531 33% 531 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 70.9% 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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Lighting 93 Reflection 119 Parallax 93.2 76% 102 fps	MRender 91.5 Gravity 99.3 Splatting 106 82% 98.8 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 378GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 920 662 651 654 649 646 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	226% Outstanding	Read 2,318 Write 2,026 Mixed 1,477 SusWrite 697 364% 1,630 MB/s	4K Read 48.7 4K Write 89.4 4K Mixed 63 202% 67 MB/s	DQ Read 688 DQ Write 552 DQ Mixed 584 447% 608 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 226% Great: 340%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$84 381,216 User benchmarks, average bench 273% 168GB free Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1787 644 584 583 584 583 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	233% Outstanding	Read 2,246 Write 2,002 Mixed 1,556 SusWrite 794 369% 1,650 MB/s	4K Read 48.3 4K Write 90.9 4K Mixed 64.6 204% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 743 DQ Write 621 DQ Mixed 638 490% 667 MB/s
Poor: 199% ↑ This bench: 233% Great: 340%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 400GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 101 103 102 101 101 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	58.1% Above average	Read 102 Write 90.4 Mixed 23.2 SusWrite 101 57% 79 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.7 4K Mixed 0.6 127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 58.1% 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 above expectations (71^st percentile)	80.6% Excellent	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 25.9 83% 28.9 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31.7 SC Mixed 24.9 70% 24.4 GB/s	Latency 77.7 52% 77.7 ns
Poor: 69% ↑ This bench: 80.6% 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%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,220x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	764x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	535x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	979x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	567x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	443x

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 $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	135x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	792x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	194x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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