Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 69%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.8% 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 Drive142% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime2.7 Days
Run DateSep 17 '18 at 10:26
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 (41st percentile)
70.9% Very good
Memory 80.1
1-Core 106
2-Core 203
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 332
8-Core 554
54% 443 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9907
Performing below potential (26th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.8% Outstanding
Lighting 119
Reflection 128
Parallax 118
97% 122 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 113
Splatting 98
85% 104 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 92.8%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme THNSN51T02DUK NV 1TB
743GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 521 419 432 438 238 382 MB/s
Performing above expectations (76th percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 927
Write 879
Mixed 834
SusWrite 405
171% 761 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 97.2
4K Mixed 43.8
162% 58.9 MB/s
DQ Read 802
DQ Write 572
DQ Mixed 671
506% 682 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 142%
Great: 163%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 124 123 127 127 124 121 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
73.1% Very good
Read 130
Write 106
Mixed 30
SusWrite 124
71% 97.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.5
112% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K821PJ-MIB 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.4% Good
MC Read 25.2
MC Write 26.4
MC Mixed 22
70% 24.5 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 25.1
SC Mixed 13.9
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 80.4
50% 80.4 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 67.4%
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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