Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 11% Tree trunk	Desktop 65% Battle cruiser	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.87% 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	52.2% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

High background CPU (27%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	15.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 4096 x 2304 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20181115
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Apr 06 '19 at 01:09
Run Duration	191 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	27%

PC Performing as expected (51^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700HQ 320,434 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (89^th percentile)	66.6% Good	Memory 84.1 1-Core 78.9 2-Core 159 64% 107 Pts	4-Core 280 8-Core 312 39% 296 Pts	64-Core 348 22% 348 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 66.6% Great: 69%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 0776) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549 Performing way above expectations (97^th percentile)	5.87% Terrible	Lighting 6.23 Reflection 110 Parallax 6.22 5% 41 fps	MRender 7.14 Gravity 5.37 Splatting 13 7% 8.49 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.87% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB 12,357 User benchmarks, average bench 65% 24GB free (System drive) Firmware: X4130012 SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 54 34 51 44 41 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	52.2% Above average	Read 437 Write 111 Mixed 156 SusWrite 53.6 41% 189 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 37.4 4K Mixed 15.7 66% 23.5 MB/s	DQ Read 324 DQ Write 192 DQ Mixed 189 159% 235 MB/s
Poor: 46% ↑ This bench: 52.2% Great: 87%
Samsung 840 Evo 1TB-$199 23,857 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 744GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 410 425 440 441 423 424 MB/s Performing below expectations (31^st percentile)	99.1% Outstanding	Read 407 Write 149 Mixed 210 SusWrite 427 67% 298 MB/s	4K Read 34.4 4K Write 70.3 4K Mixed 42.8 144% 49.2 MB/s	DQ Read 369 DQ Write 164 DQ Mixed 185 159% 239 MB/s
Poor: 78% ↑ This bench: 99.1% Great: 126%
Samsung XP941 PCIe M.2 128GB 740 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 111GB free Firmware: UXM6501Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 412 417 410 410 419 MB/s Performing as expected (43^rd percentile)	105% Outstanding	Read 881 Write 420 Mixed 325 SusWrite 410 113% 509 MB/s	4K Read 23.3 4K Write 59.6 4K Mixed 28.1 103% 37 MB/s	DQ Read 438 DQ Write 133 DQ Mixed 140 141% 237 MB/s
Poor: 76% ↑ This bench: 105% Great: 131%
Lacie d2 Professional 6TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 3.5TB free Firmware: 235C SusWrite @10s intervals: 153 189 209 207 204 183 MB/s Performing above expectations (72^nd percentile)	77.6% Very good	Read 78.8 Write 67.8 Mixed 58.6 SusWrite 191 72% 99 MB/s	4K Read 3.1 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.9 266% 2 MB/s
Poor: 15% ↑ This bench: 77.6% Great: 128%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
ABD4162C HyperX DDR4 2400 C14 2x16GB 92 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing below potential (6^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	66.2% Good	MC Read 24.8 MC Write 26.7 MC Mixed 21.7 70% 24.4 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 22.6 SC Mixed 14.6 43% 15 GB/s	Latency 73.2 55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 66% ↑ This bench: 66.2% Great: 85%

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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	1,208x
Core i7-7820HKIntelBench 72%, 18,903 samples	757x
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	562x
GTX 1080 (Mobile)NvidiaBench 95%, 17,197 samples	440x

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	785x
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 $254	Nvidia RTX 4060 $290	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