Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 81% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 88% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 70% Battle cruiser


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	99.6% 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	175% 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.

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

3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago, 3 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	13 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20200102
Uptime	0.4 Days
Run Date	Aug 08 '20 at 11:53
Run Duration	204 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	4%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (85^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 way above expectations (86^th percentile)	77.6% Very good	Memory 84.6 1-Core 119 2-Core 197 78% 134 Pts	4-Core 381 8-Core 592 60% 486 Pts	64-Core 594 37% 594 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 77.6% 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: 451.67 Performing below potential (72^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	99.6% Outstanding	Lighting 127 Reflection 141 Parallax 129 104% 132 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 124 Splatting 104 92% 113 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 99.6% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme TOSHIBA-RC100 240GB 41 User benchmarks, average bench 127% 186GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 622 626 743 716 674 529 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	175% Outstanding	Read 931 Write 895 Mixed 748 SusWrite 652 181% 807 MB/s	4K Read 52.2 4K Write 131 4K Mixed 70.5 239% 84.6 MB/s	DQ Read 659 DQ Write 422 DQ Mixed 475 372% 518 MB/s
Poor: 56% ↑ This bench: 175% Great: 175%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$158 331,647 User benchmarks, average bench 297% 274GB free Firmware: EXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 2000 1253 1251 1249 1246 1243 MB/s Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	320% Outstanding	Read 2,497 Write 2,321 Mixed 1,710 SusWrite 1,374 443% 1,975 MB/s	4K Read 64.3 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 90.1 300% 106 MB/s	DQ Read 1,052 DQ Write 879 DQ Mixed 962 722% 965 MB/s
Poor: 214% ↑ This bench: 320% Great: 372%
Toshiba HDWL120 2TB 1,726 User benchmarks, average bench 69% 1.5TB free Firmware: JT000A SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 128 129 129 130 130 MB/s Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	78.9% Very good	Read 145 Write 147 Mixed 50.8 SusWrite 129 86% 118 MB/s	4K Read 1.3 4K Write 5 4K Mixed 0.5 202% 2.27 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 78.9% Great: 80%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB 46 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 30.1 MC Write 31.6 MC Mixed 22.8 80% 28.2 GB/s	SC Read 18.2 SC Write 30.9 SC Mixed 23.5 69% 24.2 GB/s	Latency 72.4 55% 72.4 ns
Poor: 61% ↑ This bench: 79.1% Great: 79%

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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	530x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	967x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	437x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	193x
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	782x
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 $269	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 $45	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