Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (26th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 74 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 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 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	2.61% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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 (42%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20211209
Uptime	3.1 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '24 at 02:23
Run Duration	111 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	42%

PC Performing below expectations (26^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 (63^rd percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 74.5 1-Core 67.9 2-Core 179 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 317 8-Core 528 52% 422 Pts	64-Core 530 33% 530 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.8854 Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	2.61% Terrible	Lighting 2.4 Reflection 2.3 Parallax 0.2 2% 1.63 fps	MRender 9.7 Gravity 2.6 Splatting 3 4% 5.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 2.61% Great: 6%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 358GB free (System drive) Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 83 89 82 85 64 52 MB/s Performing below expectations (26^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Read 100 Write 113 Mixed 29 SusWrite 75.9 58% 79.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.4 85% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Crucial CT16G4SFD8266.C16FN 2x16GB 319 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	70% Very good	MC Read 25.7 MC Write 28.6 MC Mixed 23.8 74% 26 GB/s	SC Read 9.9 SC Write 24.3 SC Mixed 18.3 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 98.8 40% 98.8 ns
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 70% Great: 90%

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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	69	57	60	17.2"	1280 720	AUO109D

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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	1,209x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	971x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	132x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	785x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $175	Nvidia RTX 4070 $550	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16