Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 35% Sail boat	Desktop 54% Yacht	Workstation 32% Sail boat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (18th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 82 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 40.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	72.8% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	132% 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.

Run History

2 years ago, 2 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit couleurs, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 28 '21 at 23:14
Run Duration	162 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6820HK 20,362 User benchmarks, average bench 69% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.4 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	40.6% Average	Memory 63.3 1-Core 30.5 2-Core 60.5 35% 51.4 Pts	4-Core 97.2 8-Core 327 23% 212 Pts	64-Core 354 22% 354 Pts
Poor: 50% ↑ This bench: 40.6% Great: 82%

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: 466.18 Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	72.8% Very good	Lighting 82.2 Reflection 104 Parallax 106 67% 97.4 fps	MRender 101 Gravity 104 Splatting 103 84% 103 fps
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 104%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung SM961 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 21,747 User benchmarks, average bench 219% 190GB free (System drive) Firmware: CXZ7300Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 882 756 939 953 887 880 MB/s Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	132% Outstanding	Read 933 Write 836 Mixed 454 SusWrite 883 174% 776 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 42.5 4K Mixed 22.8 93% 30.8 MB/s	DQ Read 342 DQ Write 237 DQ Mixed 495 314% 358 MB/s
Poor: 134% ↑ This bench: 132% Great: 292%
Seagate Expansion 5TB 2,792 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 3TB free Firmware: 0710 SusWrite @10s intervals: 95 95 95 93 91 91 MB/s Performing above expectations (65^th percentile)	57.1% Above average	Read 105 Write 92.1 Mixed 68.8 SusWrite 93.3 66% 89.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 2.9 4K Mixed 0.6 158% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 57.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CTD 2x8GB 108,106 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way below expectations (10^th percentile)	62.9% Good	MC Read 22.6 MC Write 27.6 MC Mixed 23.7 70% 24.6 GB/s	SC Read 7.5 SC Write 12.8 SC Mixed 10.6 29% 10.3 GB/s	Latency 118 34% 118 ns
Poor: 57% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 84%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

SkillBench Score 0: 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score	Hit Rate	Shots	EFps	0.1% Low	Refresh Rate	Screen	Resolution	Monitor
0%	0%	0	9	7	120	17.2"	1280 720	AUO1096

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Gaming 49%

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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 $300	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