Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 44%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics70.2% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
Very high background CPU (60%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory9.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170224
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 10 '19 at 07:51
Run Duration107 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 60%

 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 87
1-Core 96.5
2-Core 182
72% 122 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 531
54% 437 Pts
64-Core 510
32% 510 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2113 MHz, MLim: 2205 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.15
Performing below potential (30th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
70.2% Very good
Lighting 81.6
Reflection 101
Parallax 71.4
66% 84.6 fps
MRender 93
Gravity 91.4
Splatting 97.8
78% 94.1 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 70.2%
Great: 82%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
196GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 65 71 77 81 73 77 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
48.8% Average
Read 96
Write 97.8
Mixed 29
SusWrite 74
54% 74.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.8%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
72.2% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 28.4
MC Mixed 22.2
74% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 23.8
SC Mixed 19.5
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 70.4
57% 70.4 ns
Poor: 51%
This bench: 72.2%
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 2,700 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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