Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 12% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 76.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.6% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	329% 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	10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180125
Uptime	4.7 Days
Run Date	Jul 18 '22 at 18:30
Run Duration	132 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (78^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-7700HQ 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)	76.5% Very good	Memory 86.6 1-Core 112 2-Core 209 78% 136 Pts	4-Core 358 8-Core 578 57% 468 Pts	64-Core 574 36% 574 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.5% 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. 27.20.100.9664 Performing below expectations (24^th percentile)	3.6% Terrible	Lighting 6.7 Reflection 122 Parallax 7.9 6% 45.5 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 3.6% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Nvme WD Green SN350 1 1TB 135 User benchmarks, average bench 246% 892GB free (System drive) Firmware: 33006000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 1830 2010 2009 2036 2032 2023 MB/s Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	329% Outstanding	Read 2,001 Write 2,151 Mixed 1,869 SusWrite 1990 452% 2,003 MB/s	4K Read 57.2 4K Write 165 4K Mixed 77.2 273% 99.7 MB/s	DQ Read 1,085 DQ Write 875 DQ Mixed 963 726% 974 MB/s
Poor: 140% ↑ This bench: 329% Great: 329%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 859GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 125 127 128 128 129 131 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	69.8% Good	Read 115 Write 118 Mixed 23.1 SusWrite 128 69% 96.1 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 99% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 69.8% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 2x8GB 1,808 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing way above expectations (90^th percentile)	76.5% Very good	MC Read 29.3 MC Write 29.6 MC Mixed 22.6 78% 27.2 GB/s	SC Read 17.7 SC Write 29.8 SC Mixed 22.4 67% 23.3 GB/s	Latency 70.8 56% 70.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 76.5% Great: 78%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	1,212x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	763x
Core i7-6700HQIntelBench 59%, 320,434 samples	533x

GPU
GTX 1070 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 72%, 73,882 samples	975x
HD Graphics 630IntelBench 5%, 310,249 samples	564x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	442x

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	133x

RAM
HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GBUnknownBench 70%, 27,567 samples	787x
HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,851 samples	193x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12600K $171	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80	Nvidia RTX 4070 $500	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16