Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 66% Battle cruiser	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 75.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	81.2% 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	162% 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.

Very high background CPU (46%). 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 0TR69H
Memory	27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Aug 07 '17 at 23:05
Run Duration	145 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	46%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (74^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 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	75.5% Very good	Memory 87.8 1-Core 99.5 2-Core 193 74% 127 Pts	4-Core 341 8-Core 583 56% 462 Pts	64-Core 612 38% 612 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 75.5% Great: 83%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	81.2% Excellent	Lighting 101 Reflection 120 Parallax 92.7 82% 104 fps	MRender 94.9 Gravity 92.8 Splatting 102 80% 96.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 81.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Crucial_ CT1050MX30 981GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 82% 847GB free Firmware: M0CR Performing way below expectations (7^th percentile)	71% Very good	Read 482 Write 333 Mixed 336 85% 384 MB/s	4K Read 15.9 4K Write 49.8 4K Mixed 19.6 76% 28.4 MB/s	DQ Read 183 DQ Write 190 DQ Mixed 49.4 75% 141 MB/s
Poor: 71% ↑ This bench: 71% Great: 101%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB 23,829 User benchmarks, average bench 109% 139GB free (System drive) Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	162% Outstanding	Read 1,542 Write 560 Mixed 597 196% 900 MB/s	4K Read 22.3 4K Write 121 4K Mixed 41.8 151% 61.6 MB/s	DQ Read 513 DQ Write 379 DQ Mixed 75.3 157% 322 MB/s
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 162% Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 880GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 136 136 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 147 (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (07) Seek error rate 100 100 0 (08) Seek timer performance 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 32 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 65 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 12 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 928 (C2) HDA temperature 206 206 167504904221 (C4) Reallocation count 100 100 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 100 100 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 100 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (DF) Load/unload retry count 100 100 0 (F0) Head flying hours 100 100 5 (F1) Unknown 100 100 713690076 (F2) Unknown 100 100 503604175 (FE) Unknown 100 100 3	72.8% Very good	Read 130 Write 123 Mixed 130 96% 128 MB/s	4K Read 0.67 4K Write 1.71 4K Mixed 0.22 83% 0.86 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 72.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB 800 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	79.6% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 31.4 MC Mixed 25.6 82% 28.8 GB/s	SC Read 12.8 SC Write 30.2 SC Mixed 22.8 63% 21.9 GB/s	Latency 69.7 57% 69.7 ns
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 79.6% Great: 82%

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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	968x
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	191x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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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 $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16