Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 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 77.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics94.9% 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 Drive171% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory24.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJan 17 '19 at 18:26
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 (82nd percentile)
77.4% Very good
Memory 84.6
1-Core 104
2-Core 200
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 606
60% 493 Pts
64-Core 589
36% 589 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1771
Performing below potential (34th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
94.9% Outstanding
Lighting 123
Reflection 127
Parallax 117
100% 123 fps
MRender 104
Gravity 113
Splatting 95.5
84% 104 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 94.9%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
862GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 427 470 399 410 435 381 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
171% Outstanding
Read 1,140
Write 990
Mixed 960
SusWrite 420
196% 877 MB/s
4K Read 44.8
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 62.3
212% 76 MB/s
DQ Read 952
DQ Write 585
DQ Mixed 304
351% 614 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 171%
Great: 173%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
666GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 124 123 125 127 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Read 126
Write 122
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 124
72% 99.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (60th percentile)
77.2% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 30.1
MC Mixed 24.9
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 22
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 72.5
55% 72.5 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.2%
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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