Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 10% Tree trunk	Desktop 55% Gunboat	Workstation 10% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (28th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 72 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	5.89% 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	65.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
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 (51%). 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

4 years ago, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	19.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, , 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20190528
Uptime	2.9 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 09:41
Run Duration	182 Seconds
Run User	GBR-User
Background CPU	51%
CPU Throttled	99%

PC Performing below expectations (28^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 3.1 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)	62.9% Good	Memory 73.6 1-Core 50.5 2-Core 91 46% 71.7 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 420 44% 351 Pts	64-Core 438 27% 438 Pts
Poor: 53% ↑ This bench: 62.9% Great: 83%

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. 26.20.100.6859 Performing way above expectations (87^th percentile)	5.89% Terrible	Lighting 6.43 Reflection 41.7 Parallax 5.91 5% 18 fps	MRender 7.81 Gravity 6.27 Splatting 11.1 7% 8.39 fps
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 5.89% Great: 6%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Blue 3D SATA M.2 500GB-$95 27,087 User benchmarks, average bench 97% 259GB free (System drive) Firmware: X61130WD SusWrite @10s intervals: 321 286 318 332 295 320 MB/s Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	65.9% Good	Read 387 Write 286 Mixed 214 SusWrite 312 67% 300 MB/s	4K Read 16 4K Write 31.5 4K Mixed 17.6 64% 21.7 MB/s	DQ Read 290 DQ Write 245 DQ Mixed 175 156% 237 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 65.9% Great: 116%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150 38,097 User benchmarks, average bench 241% 404GB free Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s SusWrite @10s intervals: 814 670 785 830 662 784 MB/s Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	121% Outstanding	Read 1252 Write 758 Mixed 502 SusWrite 758 182% 817 MB/s	4K Read 12.9 4K Write 21.8 4K Mixed 23.7 62% 19.5 MB/s	DQ Read 174 DQ Write 59.9 DQ Mixed 112 84% 115 MB/s
Poor: 157% ↑ This bench: 121% Great: 302%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 566GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 94 95 94 99 99 99 MB/s Performing below expectations (34^th percentile)	42.7% Average	Read 52.2 Write 87.5 Mixed 19 SusWrite 96.7 46% 63.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.5 94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 42.7% Great: 62%
SMI USB DISK 16GB 4,287 User benchmarks, average bench 10% 15GB free, PID 1000 Operating at USB 2.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 13 13 15 16 14 8.2 MB/s Performing as expected (54^th percentile)	6.55% Terrible	Read 16.5 Write 15.3 Mixed 16 SusWrite 13.2 21% 15.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 0.4 4K Mixed 0.5 31% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 3% ↑ This bench: 6.55% Great: 26%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown HMA82GS6MFR8N-TF 2x16GB 128 User benchmarks, average bench 71% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	60.1% Good	MC Read 22.2 MC Write 23.8 MC Mixed 21.4 64% 22.5 GB/s	SC Read 7.7 SC Write 16.5 SC Mixed 15.4 38% 13.2 GB/s	Latency 93.3 43% 93.3 ns
Poor: 60% ↑ This bench: 60.1% Great: 76%

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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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Desktop 71%

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Workstation 41%

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System: Alienware 17 R4

CPU
Core i7-7700HQIntelBench 62%, 473,208 samples	1,206x
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	967x
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	190x
HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GBUnknownBench 75%, 4,951 samples	176x

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CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $269	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
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 $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16