Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.6% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory10.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 30 '18 at 05:55
Run Duration128 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 41%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd 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 above expectations (70th percentile)
74.5% Very good
Memory 80.9
1-Core 102
2-Core 175
70% 119 Pts
4-Core 368
8-Core 525
56% 447 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.5%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 391.25
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 119
Parallax 101
84% 107 fps
MRender 92.6
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 102
80% 97 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 289 296 227 233 226 228 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
144% Outstanding
Read 1,042
Write 728
Mixed 728
SusWrite 250
153% 687 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 51
178% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 832
DQ Write 629
DQ Mixed 690
527% 717 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 144%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
895GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 48 82 90 84 89 79 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
30.6% Below average
Read 28.2
Write 43.3
Mixed 30.9
SusWrite 78.5
33% 45.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.2
4K Write 0.9
4K Mixed 0.3
58% 0.47 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 30.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
70.8% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 28.5
MC Mixed 21
74% 25.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 24.3
SC Mixed 18.6
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 78.9
51% 78.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 70.8%
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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