Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results


Gaming 67% Battle cruiser	Desktop 85% Aircraft carrier	Workstation 58% Gunboat


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 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	80.4% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	179% 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	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.

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, 4 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 R4 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory	26.1 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display	3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180910
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jan 23 '20 at 22:34
Run Duration	148 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	5%
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 3.4 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	76.9% Very good	Memory 85.4 1-Core 104 2-Core 211 76% 133 Pts	4-Core 369 8-Core 574 58% 471 Pts	64-Core 590 36% 590 Pts
Poor: 38% ↑ This bench: 76.9% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile) 73,882 User benchmarks, average bench 72% Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53 Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	80.4% Excellent	Lighting 97.3 Reflection 122 Parallax 93.9 79% 104 fps	MRender 96.4 Gravity 98.5 Splatting 106 83% 100 fps
Poor: 48% ↑ This bench: 80.4% Great: 82%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB 17,176 User benchmarks, average bench 242% 282GB free (System drive) Firmware: 1.0.00 SusWrite @10s intervals: 598 893 1078 613 318 55 MB/s Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)	179% Outstanding	Read 1,122 Write 1,022 Mixed 1,029 SusWrite 593 211% 941 MB/s	4K Read 31.7 4K Write 124 4K Mixed 48.2 175% 67.9 MB/s	DQ Read 997 DQ Write 966 DQ Mixed 911 704% 958 MB/s
Poor: 115% ↑ This bench: 179% Great: 372%
Sandisk S128G 1TB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 13% 129GB free Firmware: CS900J13 SusWrite @10s intervals: 254 351 421 436 440 447 MB/s Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive		Read 153 Write 106 Mixed 116 SusWrite 392 44% 191 MB/s	4K Read 33.5 4K Write 86.4 4K Mixed 42.7 151% 54.2 MB/s	DQ Read 265 DQ Write 311 DQ Mixed 219 184% 265 MB/s
Poor: 9% Great: 19%
Transcend MTS400 M.2 256GB-$145 1,007 User benchmarks, average bench 79% 238GB free Firmware: N1126KB SusWrite @10s intervals: 222 264 290 289 289 287 MB/s Performing above expectations (84^th percentile)	93.3% Outstanding	Read 498 Write 292 Mixed 292 SusWrite 273 76% 339 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 95.3 4K Mixed 39.5 144% 54.3 MB/s	DQ Read 274 DQ Write 280 DQ Mixed 183 164% 246 MB/s
Poor: 51% ↑ This bench: 93.3% Great: 102%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Corsair Vengeance SODIM DDR4 2666 C18 2x16GB 6,948 User benchmarks, average bench 81% 2 of 2 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR4 2400 MHz clocked @ 2667 MHz Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	88.8% Excellent	MC Read 32.3 MC Write 35.1 MC Mixed 28.7 92% 32 GB/s	SC Read 17.5 SC Write 35.8 SC Mixed 25.3 75% 26.2 GB/s	Latency 71.7 56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 64% ↑ This bench: 88.8% Great: 90%

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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	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 $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) $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