Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 87% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.2% 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	216% 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

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago. (Only the first run influences device rankings)

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	13.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	1.2 Days
Run Date	Jul 07 '18 at 23:01
Run Duration	144 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	3%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (63^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 (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 89.3 1-Core 108 2-Core 218 79% 139 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 594 58% 476 Pts	64-Core 596 37% 596 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	80.2% Excellent	Lighting 106 Reflection 122 Parallax 95.2 86% 108 fps	MRender 96.6 Gravity 98.6 Splatting 63.2 68% 86.1 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 99GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 636 321 321 320 320 319 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile)	216% Outstanding	Read 2,235 Write 1,439 Mixed 876 SusWrite 373 272% 1,231 MB/s	4K Read 50.6 4K Write 108 4K Mixed 64.8 217% 74.5 MB/s	DQ Read 706 DQ Write 952 DQ Mixed 824 624% 827 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 216% Great: 280%
Intel SSDSCKKF180H6 SATA 180GB 873 User benchmarks, average bench 68% 54GB free Firmware: LSFD39N SusWrite @10s intervals: 212 95 81 81 79 73 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	78% Very good	Read 476 Write 358 Mixed 349 SusWrite 104 72% 322 MB/s	4K Read 28 4K Write 73.8 4K Mixed 38.2 130% 46.7 MB/s	DQ Read 280 DQ Write 264 DQ Mixed 237 188% 261 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 78% Great: 84%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 347GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 94 91 92 92 94 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	57.6% Above average	Read 108 Write 106 Mixed 21.3 SusWrite 92.5 59% 82 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 57.6% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 009C3523 HMA81GS6CJR8N-UH 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (31^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	75.8% Very good	MC Read 29.8 MC Write 29.9 MC Mixed 22.1 78% 27.3 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 25.5 SC Mixed 21.7 60% 20.9 GB/s	Latency 68.1 59% 68.1 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 75.8% Great: 77%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,208x
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	970x
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	131x

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

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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) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16