Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 65% Destroyer	Desktop 77% Battleship	Workstation 55% Yacht


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 78.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	82.2% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.

Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). 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 0MMXTT
Memory	11.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20161208
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Sep 04 '17 at 08:26
Run Duration	179 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing way above expectations (91^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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	78.7% Very good	Memory 87.1 1-Core 95.4 2-Core 187 72% 123 Pts	4-Core 379 8-Core 598 60% 489 Pts	64-Core 575 36% 575 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 78.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8205 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	82.2% Excellent	Lighting 105 Reflection 112 Parallax 87.5 86% 101 fps	MRender 90.5 Gravity 89.1 Splatting 95.5 76% 91.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 82.2% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 872GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 125 125 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 357 (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 100 100 366 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 243 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 42 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 99 99 16206 (C2) HDA temperature 240 240 206159478809 (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 91 (F1) Unknown 100 100 1413319546 (F2) Unknown 100 100 1421511358 (FE) Unknown 100 100 11	73.3% Very good	Read 131 Write 124 Mixed 120 94% 125 MB/s	4K Read 0.65 4K Write 1.54 4K Mixed 0.19 77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 73.3% Great: 75%
Seagate BUP Slim BK 1TB 18,390 User benchmarks, average bench 39% 759GB free Firmware: 0108 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	67% Good	Read 116 Write 116 Mixed 82.6 78% 105 MB/s	4K Read 0.96 4K Write 3.62 4K Mixed 0.54 168% 1.71 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 67% Great: 63%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB 123 User benchmarks, average bench 63% 27GB free (System drive) Firmware: 30001P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 166 166 0 (05) Reallocated sector count 253 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 100 100 357 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 258 (64) Unknown 100 100 1084933 (AB) Unknown 253 253 0 (AC) Unknown 253 253 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 25 (AF) Unknown 253 253 0 (B0) Unknown 253 253 0 (B1) Unknown 98 98 31 (B2) Unknown 100 100 47 (B3) Unknown 100 100 161 (B4) Unknown 100 100 2479 (B5) Unknown 253 253 0 (B6) Unknown 253 253 0 (B7) Unknown 253 253 0 (BB) vendor-specific 253 253 0 (BC) Unknown 253 253 0 (BF) G-sense error rate 253 253 0 (C2) HDA temperature 33 0 81607786529 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 253 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 253 253 0 (C9) Soft read error rate 100 100 0 (CC) Soft ECC correction 88 1 1635 (E7) Temperature 99 99 2 (EA) Unknown 100 100 8322994272 (F1) Unknown 100 100 2713715054 (F2) Unknown 100 100 4206223504 (FA) Read error retry rate 100 100 4289439
Poor: 41% Great: 93%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB 27,567 User benchmarks, average bench 70% 2 of 2 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz Performing above expectations (69^th percentile)	73.6% Very good	MC Read 29.2 MC Write 28.2 MC Mixed 22.3 76% 26.6 GB/s	SC Read 15 SC Write 23.9 SC Mixed 20.6 57% 19.8 GB/s	Latency 70.4 57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 73.6% Great: 78%

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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	1,206x
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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $46

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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