Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (69th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 31 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 76.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.5% 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	152% 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 (12%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU. 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	25.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170512
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 16 '17 at 05:31
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	12%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (69^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 above expectations (77^th percentile)	76.1% Very good	Memory 85.2 1-Core 103 2-Core 198 74% 129 Pts	4-Core 361 8-Core 588 58% 475 Pts	64-Core 606 38% 606 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 76.1% 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: 388.59 Performing below potential (9^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	82.5% Excellent	Lighting 128 Reflection 45.1 Parallax 36.7 104% 69.9 fps	MRender 55.9 Gravity 39.1 Splatting 51.1 40% 48.7 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 82.5% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme A400 SanDis 256GB 498 User benchmarks, average bench 121% 126GB free (System drive) Firmware: A3550012 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	152% Outstanding	Read 1,608 Write 462 Mixed 508 186% 859 MB/s	4K Read 38.2 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 25.6 151% 59.1 MB/s	DQ Read 387 DQ Write 326 DQ Mixed 59.1 126% 258 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 152% Great: 152%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 912GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 257 (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 99 99 800 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 179 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 6 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 8629 (C2) HDA temperature 162 162 197569347621 (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 36 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1118504340 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1200080317 (FE) Unknown 100 100 6	73.3% Very good	Read 124 Write 131 Mixed 128 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.55 4K Write 1.62 4K Mixed 0.19 75% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%

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 (72^nd percentile)	79% Very good	MC Read 28.8 MC Write 31.1 MC Mixed 25.2 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 16.4 SC Write 30.6 SC Mixed 21.5 65% 22.8 GB/s	Latency 71.8 56% 71.8 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79% Great: 82%

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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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Intel Core i5-12600K $163	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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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) $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