Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 79.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics96.5% 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 Drive119% 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.
CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 15 '19 at 09:12
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User NZL-User
Background CPU2%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
79.9% Very good
Memory 89.6
1-Core 116
2-Core 215
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 579
59% 479 Pts
64-Core 599
37% 599 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039
Performing below potential (46th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
96.5% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 93.1
Parallax 109
101% 109 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 119
Splatting 99.9
88% 109 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 96.5%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
399GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 438 471 434 431 322 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 557
Write 842
Mixed 523
SusWrite 419
132% 585 MB/s
4K Read 24.8
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 43.5
149% 57.6 MB/s
DQ Read 638
DQ Write 489
DQ Mixed 337
313% 488 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 119%
Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
606GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 111 113 112 110 109 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
63.8% Good
Read 111
Write 108
Mixed 21.7
SusWrite 111
64% 88.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
122% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 63.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
75.1% Very good
MC Read 28.7
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 22.1
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 26.6
SC Mixed 22.9
63% 22 GB/s
Latency 67.7
59% 67.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 75.1%
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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