Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 73%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (90th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 10 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 82.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics82.9% 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.
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
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 16 '18 at 04:42
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU1%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing way above expectations (90th 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 4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
Memory 86.9
1-Core 126
2-Core 219
82% 144 Pts
4-Core 423
8-Core 704
69% 564 Pts
64-Core 702
43% 702 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 82.7%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8514
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.9% Excellent
Lighting 108
Reflection 112
Parallax 87.9
88% 103 fps
MRender 85
Gravity 87
Splatting 91.3
72% 87.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
393GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 2,223
Write 441
Mixed 884
256% 1,183 MB/s
4K Read 33.2
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 24.2
152% 63.4 MB/s
DQ Read 273
DQ Write 251
DQ Mixed 24.2
83% 182 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 172%
Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
78.5% Very good
Read 141
Write 133
Mixed 126
100% 133 MB/s
4K Read 0.63
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.21
80% 0.82 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 78.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3H1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
79.8% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 25.3
80% 28.2 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 25.6
73% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 70.6
57% 70.6 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 79.8%
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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