Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (68th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 32 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics79.9% 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 Drive62.6% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit cores,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJun 09 '18 at 18:42
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User BRA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (68th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 90.9
1-Core 108
2-Core 214
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 412
8-Core 597
63% 505 Pts
64-Core 600
37% 600 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 83.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 397.93
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
79.9% Very good
Lighting 99.3
Reflection 121
Parallax 91.2
81% 104 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 92.8
Splatting 99.6
78% 94.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SanDisk X400 512GB-$99
244GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4162000 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
62.6% Good
Read 479
Write 213
Mixed 196
65% 296 MB/s
4K Read 19.7
4K Write 37.9
4K Mixed 16.7
71% 24.8 MB/s
DQ Read 231
DQ Write 170
DQ Mixed 6.63
58% 136 MB/s
Poor: 60%
This bench: 62.6%
Great: 104%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
257GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3J0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (45th percentile)
58.5% Above average
Read 105
Write 99
Mixed 99.6
76% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.18
77% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.5%
Great: 75%
SK hynix SC308 SATA 128GB
44GB free
Firmware: 30001P10 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 41% Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78.4% Very good
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 22.5
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 17.4
SC Write 31.1
SC Mixed 23.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 78.4%
Great: 78%

 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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