Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (52nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 48 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith 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 71.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.1% 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 Drive172% 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.
Memory32GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory24.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170512
Uptime6 Days
Run DateDec 24 '17 at 11:45
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (52nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Memory 80.4
1-Core 96.4
2-Core 182
69% 119 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 508
53% 425 Pts
64-Core 519
32% 519 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8514
Performing below potential (42nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.1% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 127
Parallax 117
102% 123 fps
MRender 101
Gravity 114
Splatting 95.9
84% 104 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 96.1%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 1TB
846GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 1,477
Write 1,032
Mixed 1,265
280% 1,258 MB/s
4K Read 32
4K Write 93.5
4K Mixed 19.6
123% 48.4 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 281
DQ Mixed 27.8
102% 228 MB/s
Poor: 85%
This bench: 172%
Great: 188%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
721GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
69.4% Good
Read 122
Write 119
Mixed 115
90% 119 MB/s
4K Read 0.69
4K Write 1.48
4K Mixed 0.21
80% 0.79 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (13th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.6% Good
MC Read 21.8
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.9
69% 24.2 GB/s
SC Read 12.7
SC Write 21
SC Mixed 18.8
50% 17.5 GB/s
Latency 79.8
50% 79.8 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 66.6%
Great: 82%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,668 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

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