Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 87% Aircraft carrier	Desktop 91% Nuclear submarine	Workstation 74% Battleship


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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 87.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics	96.2% 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	138% 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.

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	27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '21 at 00:26
Run Duration	142 Seconds
Run User	PRT-User
Background CPU	1%
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 4.15 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	87.3% Excellent	Memory 86.4 1-Core 134 2-Core 255 88% 158 Pts	4-Core 474 8-Core 723 74% 599 Pts	64-Core 639 40% 639 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 87.3% 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: 466.47 Performing below potential (53^rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	96.2% Outstanding	Lighting 119 Reflection 130 Parallax 120 97% 123 fps	MRender 111 Gravity 126 Splatting 112 95% 116 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 96.2% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB 3,798 User benchmarks, average bench 113% 50GB free (System drive) Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 406 408 408 413 411 367 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	138% Outstanding	Read 951 Write 416 Mixed 528 SusWrite 402 127% 574 MB/s	4K Read 34.5 4K Write 113 4K Mixed 41 165% 62.9 MB/s	DQ Read 707 DQ Write 417 DQ Mixed 498 388% 540 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 138% Great: 137%
Sandisk Extreme SSD 1TB 4,980 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 216GB free Firmware: 1012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 412 409 416 433 431 432 MB/s Performing above expectations (81^st percentile)	78.6% Very good	Read 416 Write 402 Mixed 296 SusWrite 422 86% 384 MB/s	4K Read 23.6 4K Write 37.9 4K Mixed 28 92% 29.8 MB/s	DQ Read 186 DQ Write 154 DQ Mixed 108 98% 149 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.6% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 345GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 68 68 71 70 71 71 MB/s Performing way below expectations (15^th percentile)	43.8% Average	Read 82.8 Write 91.2 Mixed 21.8 SusWrite 69.7 48% 66.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 107% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 43.8% 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)	79.1% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 30.9 MC Mixed 25 81% 28.4 GB/s	SC Read 15.3 SC Write 30.1 SC Mixed 23.3 65% 22.9 GB/s	Latency 70.9 56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 79.1% 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	1,206x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	755x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	529x

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	437x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	192x
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	781x
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 $177	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