Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 78.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.28% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive	200% 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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20171024
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	Feb 26 '18 at 15:16
Run Duration	147 Seconds
Run User	IND-User
Background CPU	13%

PC Performing above expectations (81^st 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 (86^th percentile)	78.2% Very good	Memory 85.9 1-Core 100 2-Core 203 74% 130 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 586 60% 483 Pts	64-Core 605 37% 605 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 78.2% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630 FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4708 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.28% Terrible	Lighting 7.53 Reflection 126 Parallax 7.09 6% 46.8 fps	MRender 11 Gravity 6.9 Splatting 15.4 10% 11.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.28% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB 9,137 User benchmarks, average bench 118% 174GB free (System drive) Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	200% Outstanding	Read 2,082 Write 767 Mixed 725 259% 1,191 MB/s	4K Read 42.3 4K Write 149 4K Mixed 30.7 182% 74.1 MB/s	DQ Read 395 DQ Write 363 DQ Mixed 112 157% 290 MB/s
Poor: 68% ↑ This bench: 200% Great: 167%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 618GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 137 137 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 28 (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 10 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 25 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 7 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 183 (C2) HDA temperature 146 146 188979871785 (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 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1333646828 (F2) Unknown 100 100 525747909 (FE) Unknown 100 100 4	70.4% Very good	Read 119 Write 127 Mixed 122 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.63 4K Write 1.12 4K Mixed 0.16 65% 0.64 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.4% Great: 75%
StoreJet Transcend 2TB 4,473 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 113GB free, PID 5106 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	24.9% Poor	Read 54.9 Write 54.4 Mixed 50.5 68% 53.3 MB/s	4K Read 0.44 4K Write 1.61 4K Mixed 0.21 64% 0.76 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.9% Great: 52%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB 4,851 User benchmarks, average bench 75% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	80.5% Excellent	MC Read 29.6 MC Write 30.5 MC Mixed 26.3 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 16.5 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 24.3 68% 23.9 GB/s	Latency 71.3 56% 71.3 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 80.5% Great: 82%

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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	1,206x
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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Intel Core i5-12600K $182	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	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) $30	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16