Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 21% Surfboard	Desktop 69% Battle cruiser	Workstation 18% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	26.3% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	55.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 0FG0DK
Memory	3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161020
Uptime	2 Days
Run Date	Apr 04 '18 at 04:06
Run Duration	165 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	57%

PC Performing as expected (52^nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	62.6% Good	Memory 77.7 1-Core 70.6 2-Core 147 59% 98.5 Pts	4-Core 265 8-Core 333 38% 299 Pts	64-Core 352 22% 352 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 62.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	26.3% Poor	Lighting 17.8 Reflection 110 Parallax 90.8 14% 72.9 fps	MRender 86 Gravity 90.5 Splatting 21.1 49% 65.9 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 26.3% Great: 82%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) 213,495 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.54% Terrible	Lighting 5.87 Reflection 27.2 Parallax 5.22 5% 12.8 fps	MRender 5.76 Gravity 5.63 Splatting 12.6 7% 7.99 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.54% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 13GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (23^rd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4396 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1148 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 19 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 5150 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 58 59 253404250154 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 6966475163222 (EE) Unknown 94 100 15626657 (F1) Unknown 253 253 15402824111 (F2) Unknown 253 253 14099308155	55.2% Above average	Read 460 Write 238 Mixed 224 67% 307 MB/s	4K Read 21.8 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 13.5 69% 23.7 MB/s	DQ Read 27.3 DQ Write 56.4 DQ Mixed 13.4 18% 32.4 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 55.2% Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB 3,391 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 596GB free Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (68^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 252 252 0 (03) Spinup time 90 90 3087 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1631 (05) Reallocated sector count 252 252 0 (07) Seek error rate 252 252 0 (08) Seek timer performance 252 252 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 4285 (0A) Spinup retry count 252 252 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 252 252 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1148 (0D) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 530737 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 3 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 18 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 71 71 298528 (C2) HDA temperature 64 54 197569544226 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (C4) Reallocation count 252 252 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 252 252 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 252 252 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 4214 (F1) Unknown 97 94 4336979 (F2) Unknown 95 94 8116585 (FE) Unknown 252 252 0	69.3% Good	Read 118 Write 123 Mixed 116 90% 119 MB/s	4K Read 0.77 4K Write 2.97 4K Mixed 0.29 120% 1.34 MB/s
Poor: 36% ↑ This bench: 69.3% Great: 78%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (8^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	54.8% Above average	MC Read 20.5 MC Write 19.7 MC Mixed 19.3 57% 19.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.8 SC Write 17.7 SC Mixed 14.2 40% 13.9 GB/s	Latency 84.9 47% 84.9 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 54.8% Great: 78%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	528x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	966x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	436x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	191x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	153x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	780x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	190x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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