Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 92%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 78%
Battleship
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 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 moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 86.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive223% 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
Memory28 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, ,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 05 '19 at 12:22
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU6%
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 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 4.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Memory 91.7
1-Core 128
2-Core 215
84% 145 Pts
4-Core 442
8-Core 653
68% 548 Pts
64-Core 671
42% 671 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070-$200
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing below potential (43rd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
102% Outstanding
Lighting 125
Reflection 117
Parallax 122
102% 121 fps
MRender 175
Gravity 126
Splatting 99
105% 133 fps
Poor: 93%
This bench: 102%
Great: 112%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 500GB-$43
352GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 872 631 637 627 630 632 MB/s
Performing as expected (60th percentile)
223% Outstanding
Read 1708
Write 1,442
Mixed 564
SusWrite 671
244% 1,096 MB/s
4K Read 42.5
4K Write 140
4K Mixed 59.4
215% 80.8 MB/s
DQ Read 1,122
DQ Write 1,005
DQ Mixed 812
678% 980 MB/s
Poor: 153%
This bench: 223%
Great: 254%
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB
137GB free
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 453 461 456 468 468 366 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
115% Outstanding
Read 506
Write 450
Mixed 400
SusWrite 445
101% 450 MB/s
4K Read 34.6
4K Write 97.7
4K Mixed 47.9
166% 60.1 MB/s
DQ Read 387
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 304
245% 345 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 115%
Great: 123%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
279GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 105 106 110 109 110 109 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.8% Very good
Read 142
Write 133
Mixed 34.6
SusWrite 108
76% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.8%
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 (66th percentile)
78.2% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 24.5
79% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 23.2
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 64.6
62% 64.6 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 78.2%
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 2,677 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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