Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 14% Tree trunk	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 13% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	6.62% 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	223% 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.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	11.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jun 12 '19 at 18:28
Run Duration	225 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 473,208 User benchmarks, average bench 62% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	77.8% Very good	Memory 84 1-Core 107 2-Core 200 75% 130 Pts	4-Core 386 8-Core 590 60% 488 Pts	64-Core 591 37% 591 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 77.8% Great: 73%

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. 22.20.16.4836 Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	6.62% Terrible	Lighting 7.07 Reflection 111 Parallax 6.88 6% 41.8 fps	MRender 8.9 Gravity 6.23 Splatting 13.7 8% 9.63 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.62% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 144GB free (System drive) Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 600 306 306 302 304 304 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	223% Outstanding	Read 2,213 Write 1,444 Mixed 928 SusWrite 354 273% 1,234 MB/s	4K Read 52.6 4K Write 118 4K Mixed 69.7 231% 79.9 MB/s	DQ Read 823 DQ Write 1,008 DQ Mixed 920 693% 917 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 223% Great: 280%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92 154,949 User benchmarks, average bench 235% 120GB free Firmware: 2B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1341 295 293 293 294 294 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	234% Outstanding	Read 2,165 Write 1,468 Mixed 886 SusWrite 468 276% 1,247 MB/s	4K Read 52.1 4K Write 125 4K Mixed 67.2 231% 81.5 MB/s	DQ Read 964 DQ Write 1,172 DQ Mixed 993 769% 1,043 MB/s
Poor: 160% ↑ This bench: 234% Great: 280%
Kingdian N400 120GB 71 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 52GB free Firmware: R0522A0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 198 139 57 49 49 49 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	50.5% Above average	Read 448 Write 396 Mixed 52 SusWrite 90 54% 246 MB/s	4K Read 26 4K Write 34.3 4K Mixed 6.8 66% 22.4 MB/s	DQ Read 70.1 DQ Write 312 DQ Mixed 1 56% 128 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 50.5% Great: 73%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 354GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 123 121 123 122 126 MB/s Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	76% Very good	Read 143 Write 115 Mixed 29 SusWrite 122 74% 102 MB/s	4K Read 0.7 4K Write 1.8 4K Mixed 0.5 118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 76% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 009C3523 HMA81GS6CJR8N-UH 16GB 10 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2400, 2400 MHz 8192, 8192 MB Performing below potential (13^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	71.8% Very good	MC Read 28.5 MC Write 26 MC Mixed 22.1 73% 25.5 GB/s	SC Read 15.2 SC Write 26.8 SC Mixed 22.3 61% 21.4 GB/s	Latency 73.4 54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 71.8% Great: 77%

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Gaming 49%

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Desktop 71%

Battleship

Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,207x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	756x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	531x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	970x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	561x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	439x

SSD
THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshibaBench 109%, 23,829 samples	193x
X400 M.2 2280 128GBSandiskBench 65%, 12,357 samples	154x
XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GBToshiba $33Bench 125%, 44,050 samples	131x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	784x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	192x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $163	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) $31	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $37	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16