Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (91st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 9 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics83.3% 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 Drive138% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 28 '19 at 13:18
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing way above expectations (91st 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)
77% Very good
Memory 84.4
1-Core 117
2-Core 216
79% 139 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 581
59% 478 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 77%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1735
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.3% Excellent
Lighting 107
Reflection 112
Parallax 88.5
87% 102 fps
MRender 90.7
Gravity 91.5
Splatting 95.8
76% 92.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.3%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 353 396 404 409 411 408 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
138% Outstanding
Read 962
Write 405
Mixed 518
SusWrite 397
126% 570 MB/s
4K Read 34.8
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 42.1
166% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 696
DQ Write 409
DQ Mixed 496
384% 534 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 138%
Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
603GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 119 121 122 124 125 127 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71% Very good
Read 124
Write 123
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 123
71% 98.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 009C3523 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 16GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 31
MC Write 31
MC Mixed 23.7
82% 28.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 31.3
SC Mixed 25.4
71% 25 GB/s
Latency 72.7
55% 72.7 ns
Poor: 59%
This bench: 80.4%
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 2,681 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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