Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 44%
Speed boat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 38%
Jet ski
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics60.7% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive68.8% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
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
Memory3.9 GB free of 8 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170705
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateDec 24 '17 at 13:17
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 below expectations (38th percentile)
70.5% Very good
Memory 78.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 221
76% 137 Pts
4-Core 336
8-Core 563
55% 450 Pts
64-Core 614
38% 614 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 70.5%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8871
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
60.7% Good
Lighting 74.7
Reflection 87.3
Parallax 61.2
61% 74.4 fps
MRender 59.9
Gravity 77.9
Splatting 80
60% 72.6 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC311 SATA 128GB
59GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 70000P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
68.8% Good
Read 517
Write 251
Mixed 329
80% 366 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 81.6
4K Mixed 18.2
104% 41.5 MB/s
DQ Read 24.9
DQ Write 74.2
DQ Mixed 11.4
20% 36.8 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 68.8%
Great: 82%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
642GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
70.6% Very good
Read 123
Write 123
Mixed 120
92% 122 MB/s
4K Read 0.72
4K Write 1.51
4K Mixed 0.2
80% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 1x8GB
1 of 2 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
37.9% Below average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 12.9
MC Mixed 10.6
36% 12.6 GB/s
SC Read 12.2
SC Write 14.1
SC Mixed 10.8
35% 12.4 GB/s
Latency 83.4
48% 83.4 ns
Poor: 26%
This bench: 37.9%
Great: 42%

 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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