Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (86th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 14 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 81.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very 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	302% 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	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171024
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 19 '18 at 21:07
Run Duration	134 Seconds
Run User	ROU-User
Background CPU	8%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (86^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 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	81.1% Excellent	Memory 91.9 1-Core 118 2-Core 206 81% 138 Pts	4-Core 380 8-Core 610 61% 495 Pts	64-Core 621 38% 621 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 81.1% 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: 390.77 Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	101% Outstanding	Lighting 130 Reflection 142 Parallax 117 106% 130 fps	MRender 108 Gravity 128 Splatting 106 93% 114 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 101% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139 63,520 User benchmarks, average bench 266% 440GB free (System drive) Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	302% Outstanding	Read 2,265 Write 1,878 Mixed 2,060 461% 2,068 MB/s	4K Read 51.6 4K Write 178 4K Mixed 68.7 260% 99.5 MB/s	DQ Read 388 DQ Write 366 DQ Mixed 152 176% 302 MB/s
Poor: 159% ↑ This bench: 302% Great: 353%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46 33,719 User benchmarks, average bench 145% 386GB free Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing above expectations (85^th percentile)	185% Outstanding	Read 2,195 Write 494 Mixed 891 259% 1,193 MB/s	4K Read 30.3 4K Write 127 4K Mixed 39 163% 65.3 MB/s	DQ Read 414 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 112 158% 294 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 185% Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 931GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 156 156 77309411329 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 660 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 271 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 462 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 50 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8718 (C2) HDA temperature 193 193 193274380319 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 50 (F1) Unknown 100 100 10010582945 (F2) Unknown 100 100 6231087176 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	72.4% Very good	Read 128 Write 125 Mixed 125 95% 126 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.2 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.4% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB 4,951 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	84.9% Excellent	MC Read 32.1 MC Write 34.8 MC Mixed 23.5 86% 30.1 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 33.3 SC Mixed 26.5 74% 26 GB/s	Latency 64.3 62% 64.3 ns
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 84.9% Great: 84%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 71%

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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	438x

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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
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) $64	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16