Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 66% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	7.26% 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	94.8% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.

High background CPU (25%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170609
Uptime	2.2 Days
Run Date	Sep 10 '17 at 23:12
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	25%

PC Performing as expected (55^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 3.35 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	73.8% Very good	Memory 79.9 1-Core 55.9 2-Core 203 62% 113 Pts	4-Core 364 8-Core 605 59% 484 Pts	64-Core 605 38% 605 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 73.8% 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 Ver. 21.20.16.4627 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.26% Terrible	Lighting 7.7 Reflection 19.7 Parallax 7.41 6% 11.6 fps	MRender 9.38 Gravity 6.63 Splatting 15.7 9% 10.6 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.26% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 1TB 1,290 User benchmarks, average bench 161% 554GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20003A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	94.8% Outstanding	Read 852 Write 378 Mixed 544 130% 591 MB/s	4K Read 18.6 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 15.7 75% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 332 DQ Write 357 DQ Mixed 24.8 107% 238 MB/s
Poor: 101% ↑ This bench: 94.8% Great: 199%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 910GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 230 (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 100 100 346 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 216 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 33 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 5093 (C2) HDA temperature 166 166 197569216548 (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 56 (F1) Unknown 100 100 11218234220 (F2) Unknown 100 100 2382086905 (FE) Unknown 100 100 4	75.3% Very good	Read 127 Write 136 Mixed 128 98% 130 MB/s	4K Read 0.62 4K Write 1.57 4K Mixed 0.19 76% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 75.3% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ECB5162C 16ATF2G64HZ-2G1B1 2x16GB 8 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	64% Good	MC Read 23.9 MC Write 27 MC Mixed 21.3 69% 24.1 GB/s	SC Read 6.6 SC Write 13.1 SC Mixed 18.8 37% 12.8 GB/s	Latency 80.6 50% 80.6 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 64% Great: 74%

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Gaming 49%

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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	1,220x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	764x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	535x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	979x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	567x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	443x

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 $50Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	135x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	792x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	194x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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