Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 84%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (88th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 12 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 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 73.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.8% 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 Drive209% 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
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory9.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime1.4 Days
Run DateOct 21 '19 at 09:43
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User AUS-User
Background CPU2%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing way above expectations (88th 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 (96th percentile)
73.3% Very good
Memory 85.8
1-Core 106
2-Core 208
76% 133 Pts
4-Core 328
8-Core 594
55% 461 Pts
64-Core 578
36% 578 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 73.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3153
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.8% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 111
Parallax 86.8
85% 101 fps
MRender 90.4
Gravity 90.5
Splatting 94.6
76% 91.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 81.8%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 664 434 377 377 386 357 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
209% Outstanding
Read 1,878
Write 984
Mixed 1,350
SusWrite 432
258% 1,161 MB/s
4K Read 48.2
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 66.3
224% 79.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,028
DQ Write 676
DQ Mixed 778
600% 827 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 209%
Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
494GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 99 104 108 108 109 106 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)
73.2% Very good
Read 149
Write 131
Mixed 30
SusWrite 106
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 73.2%
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 (62nd percentile)
73% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 28.2
MC Mixed 21.8
75% 26.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 25.7
SC Mixed 22.2
60% 21 GB/s
Latency 71.4
56% 71.4 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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HDDRAMUSB
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