Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 73% Battleship	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 64% Destroyer


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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	91.5% 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	173% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20220318
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 25 '24 at 10:29
Run Duration	227 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	9%

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 i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.9 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	75.1% Very good	Memory 83 1-Core 104 2-Core 190 73% 126 Pts	4-Core 362 8-Core 610 59% 486 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 82%

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: 531.61 Performing below potential (26^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	91.5% Outstanding	Lighting 111 Reflection 134 Parallax 115 90% 120 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 120 Splatting 112 94% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 91.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme Samsung SSD 980 1TB 5,348 User benchmarks, average bench 265% 388GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B4QFXO7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1598 1164 409 316 353 295 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile)	173% Outstanding	Read 1,561 Write 1,928 Mixed 1,704 SusWrite 689 332% 1,471 MB/s	4K Read 41.8 4K Write 74.2 4K Mixed 53.7 171% 56.6 MB/s	DQ Read 368 DQ Write 316 DQ Mixed 336 254% 340 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 173% Great: 421%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 144GB free Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 235 249 225 231 230 230 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	92.7% Outstanding	Read 685 Write 284 Mixed 468 SusWrite 233 93% 418 MB/s	4K Read 20 4K Write 63.6 4K Mixed 40.1 115% 41.2 MB/s	DQ Read 361 DQ Write 277 DQ Mixed 307 233% 315 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 92.7% Great: 141%
Transcend TS1TMTS425S 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 78% 332GB free Firmware: W0220A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 375 388 397 383 389 MB/s Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)	83.3% Excellent	Read 484 Write 388 Mixed 389 SusWrite 385 92% 412 MB/s	4K Read 27.9 4K Write 53.8 4K Mixed 24.7 102% 35.5 MB/s	DQ Read 172 DQ Write 250 DQ Mixed 49.6 83% 157 MB/s
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 83.3% Great: 91%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 570GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 118 119 117 117 118 MB/s Performing above expectations (73^rd percentile)	68.1% Good	Read 120 Write 116 Mixed 23.5 SusWrite 117 68% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.6 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.5 110% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 68.1% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6JJR8N-VK 2x16GB 6,839 User benchmarks, average bench 80% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (86^th percentile)	87.2% Excellent	MC Read 31.3 MC Write 34.9 MC Mixed 27.4 89% 31.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.3 SC Write 36.7 SC Mixed 27.1 77% 27 GB/s	Latency 74.7 54% 74.7 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 87.2% Great: 89%

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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	58	32	120	17.2"	1280 720	AUO1096

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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	1,207x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	756x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	439x

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	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	784x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	192x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16