Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 83%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 70%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 81.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics98.9% 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 Drive118% 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
Memory27.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateJun 15 '19 at 23:36
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 (93rd percentile)
81.2% Excellent
Memory 85.3
1-Core 122
2-Core 234
83% 147 Pts
4-Core 416
8-Core 605
64% 510 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 81.2%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 430.86
Performing below potential (67th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.9% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 138
Parallax 127
103% 130 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 124
Splatting 103
92% 113 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 98.9%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
94GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 404 398 357 341 315 296 MB/s
Performing as expected (50th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 780
Write 411
Mixed 459
SusWrite 352
111% 500 MB/s
4K Read 23.7
4K Write 110
4K Mixed 33.3
137% 55.7 MB/s
DQ Read 638
DQ Write 416
DQ Mixed 498
379% 517 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 118%
Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
651GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 126 123 126 125 124 125 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.9% Very good
Read 126
Write 130
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 125
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
81% Excellent
MC Read 29.3
MC Write 30.9
MC Mixed 25.9
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 25.6
73% 25.5 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 81%
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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