Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 15% Tree trunk	Desktop 86% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 14% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (65th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 35 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 90%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	6.69% 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	260% 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.

Very high background CPU (35%). 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	12.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 13 '18 at 00:17
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	35%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (65^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 4.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	90% Excellent	Memory 90.3 1-Core 124 2-Core 260 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 482 8-Core 748 76% 615 Pts	64-Core 706 44% 706 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 90% 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 (99^th percentile)	6.69% Terrible	Lighting 6.93 Reflection 121 Parallax 6.78 6% 44.8 fps	MRender 10.2 Gravity 6.33 Splatting 14 9% 10.2 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.69% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D 1TB-$85 16,039 User benchmarks, average bench 100% 423GB free Firmware: X61130WD Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 310 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 178 (A5) Unknown 100 100 5505083 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 60 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 775 (AA) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 1 (AE) Unknown 100 100 43 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 71 44 188979347485 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 47245295627 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 1289 (EA) Unknown 100 100 1450 (F1) Unknown 253 253 1421 (F2) Unknown 253 253 1228 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	76.8% Very good	Read 497 Write 340 Mixed 328 86% 388 MB/s	4K Read 26.8 4K Write 40.9 4K Mixed 20.3 88% 29.3 MB/s	DQ Read 252 DQ Write 183 DQ Mixed 47.6 82% 161 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 76.8% Great: 121%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 400GB free (System drive) Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	260% Outstanding	Read 2,711 Write 1,453 Mixed 1,469 413% 1,878 MB/s	4K Read 53 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 35 188% 68.7 MB/s	DQ Read 69.6 DQ Write 255 DQ Mixed 110 99% 145 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 260% Great: 254%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 245GB free Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	280% Outstanding	Read 2,223 Write 1,995 Mixed 2,097 470% 2,105 MB/s	4K Read 61.5 4K Write 130 4K Mixed 37.6 210% 76.2 MB/s	DQ Read 64.1 DQ Write 285 DQ Mixed 37 69% 129 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 280% Great: 372%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 27.3 MC Mixed 21.3 73% 25.7 GB/s	SC Read 13.8 SC Write 22.4 SC Mixed 23.1 56% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 78%

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

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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	1,206x
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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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $178	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) $37	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