Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 94% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (70th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 30 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 91.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics	88.8% 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	65.2% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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.

Very high background CPU (90%). 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.

Run History

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

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	18 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0.5 Days
Run Date	Apr 14 '18 at 02:36
Run Duration	190 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	90%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (70^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 4.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	91.1% Outstanding	Memory 91.7 1-Core 140 2-Core 271 93% 168 Pts	4-Core 487 8-Core 735 76% 611 Pts	64-Core 738 46% 738 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 91.1% Great: 83%

Graphics Cards	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 2147 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.35 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	88.8% Excellent	Lighting 110 Reflection 126 Parallax 101 89% 112 fps	MRender 103 Gravity 103 Splatting 113 88% 107 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 82%
Intel HD Graphics 630 310,249 User benchmarks, average bench 5% Dell(1028 0778) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	7.17% Terrible	Lighting 7.8 Reflection 114 Parallax 7.31 6% 43.1 fps	MRender 8.38 Gravity 6.8 Splatting 15 9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 7.17% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Asmt109x- Fast 1TB 23 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 102GB free Firmware: M0CR031 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 7591 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1917 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 98 98 34 (AE) Unknown 100 100 869 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 49 21 339302940723 (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 100 100 0 (CA) Data Address Mark errors 98 98 2 (CE) Flying height 100 100 0 (F6) Unknown 100 100 11451095860 (F7) Unknown 100 100 358004807 (F8) Unknown 100 100 793768585 (B4) Unknown 0 0 1921 (D2) Unknown 100 100 0	88.2% Excellent	Read 420 Write 496 Mixed 482 105% 466 MB/s	4K Read 25.7 4K Write 93.1 4K Mixed 24.5 120% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 31.5 DQ Write 217 DQ Mixed 26.2 49% 91.6 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 88.2% Great: 92%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 375 User benchmarks, average bench 124% 87GB free Firmware: 1.0. Max speed: Unknown Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	135% Outstanding	Read 881 Write 738 Mixed 837 183% 819 MB/s	4K Read 26.3 4K Write 90.5 4K Mixed 33.8 131% 50.2 MB/s	DQ Read 333 DQ Write 331 DQ Mixed 41.8 111% 235 MB/s
Poor: 88% ↑ This bench: 135% Great: 149%
SB2 256GB 169 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 42GB free (System drive) Firmware: SBFM10.8 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 6144 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 1277 (A8) Unknown 100 100 1 (AA) Unknown 87 87 180 (AD) Unknown 100 100 4456546 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 1011 (C2) HDA temperature 67 67 141736083489 (DA) Unknown 100 100 3 (E7) Temperature 100 100 93 (F1) Unknown 100 100 7056	65.2% Good	Read 282 Write 284 Mixed 305 65% 291 MB/s	4K Read 28.6 4K Write 80.1 4K Mixed 6.08 94% 38.3 MB/s	DQ Read 256 DQ Write 231 DQ Mixed 10.6 72% 166 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 65.2% Great: 88%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 009D3616 CT16G4SFD824A.C16FBD 24GB 15 User benchmarks, average bench 64% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 16384 MB Performing below potential (20^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	53.8% Above average	MC Read 19.1 MC Write 19.4 MC Mixed 15.9 52% 18.1 GB/s	SC Read 14.5 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.7 50% 17.5 GB/s	Latency 64.5 62% 64.5 ns
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 53.8% Great: 75%

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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 $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
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