Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 25% Surfboard	Desktop 83% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 22% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	22.9% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	78.5% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 6 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	12.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170705
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Feb 10 '18 at 01:52
Run Duration	140 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	13%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing above expectations (71^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 2.8 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile)	74.4% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 88.9 2-Core 175 70% 118 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 496 50% 408 Pts	64-Core 496 31% 496 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 74.4% 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. 22.21.13.8514 Relative performance (0^th percentile) - GPU OC Guide	22.9% Poor	Lighting 10 Reflection 11.5 Parallax 64.8 8% 28.8 fps	MRender 65.8 Gravity 47.7 Splatting 71.7 51% 61.7 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 22.9% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43 165,668 User benchmarks, average bench 213% 459GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s Performing as expected (50^th percentile)	217% Outstanding	Read 2,479 Write 1,298 Mixed 1,569 393% 1,782 MB/s	4K Read 40.5 4K Write 85.7 4K Mixed 16.5 128% 47.6 MB/s	DQ Read 44.3 DQ Write 70.6 DQ Mixed 15.9 24% 43.6 MB/s
Poor: 153% ↑ This bench: 217% Great: 254%
Samsung PM871b M.2 2280 128GB 2,851 User benchmarks, average bench 83% 57GB free (System drive) Firmware: MVT22D0Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 54 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 85 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 99 99 4 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 316 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 65 52 35 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EE) Unknown 99 99 99 (F1) Unknown 99 99 973455734 (F2) Unknown 99 99 754584191	78.5% Very good	Read 487 Write 463 Mixed 487 107% 479 MB/s	4K Read 19.5 4K Write 61.7 4K Mixed 16.8 84% 32.7 MB/s	DQ Read 25.6 DQ Write 238 DQ Mixed 15.5 46% 92.8 MB/s
Poor: 52% ↑ This bench: 78.5% Great: 101%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB 546,982 User benchmarks, average bench 59% 923GB free Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 100 100 0 (02) Throughput performance 100 100 0 (03) Spinup time 154 154 94489280514 (04) Start/Stop count 100 100 89 (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 53 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 79 (BF) G-sense error rate 100 100 0 (C0) Power-off retract count 100 100 15 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 100 100 1644 (C2) HDA temperature 181 181 176094773281 (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 7 (F1) Unknown 100 100 343124473 (F2) Unknown 100 100 121405883 (FE) Unknown 100 100 8	70.1% Very good	Read 124 Write 120 Mixed 118 91% 121 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.09 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.62 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 70.1% 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)	77.4% Very good	MC Read 29.5 MC Write 30.3 MC Mixed 22.7 79% 27.5 GB/s	SC Read 16.6 SC Write 31 SC Mixed 22 66% 23.2 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 58% ↑ This bench: 77.4% Great: 78%

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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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Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

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