Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 68%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 59%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (34th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 66 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 69.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics93.8% 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 Drive142% 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.
Very high background CPU (33%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190528
Uptime2.6 Days
Run DateJan 30 '20 at 17:14
Run Duration150 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 33%

 PC Performing below expectations (34th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
69.1% Good
Memory 77
1-Core 100
2-Core 197
71% 125 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 530
53% 430 Pts
64-Core 594
37% 594 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 69.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GeForce GTX 1080
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.4187
Performing below potential (32nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
93.8% Outstanding
Lighting 121
Reflection 127
Parallax 118
98% 122 fps
MRender 103
Gravity 112
Splatting 97.3
85% 104 fps
Poor: 81%
This bench: 93.8%
Great: 149%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
517GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 483 407 443 262 440 369 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
142% Outstanding
Read 980
Write 873
Mixed 604
SusWrite 400
160% 714 MB/s
4K Read 28.1
4K Write 97.1
4K Mixed 54.5
164% 59.9 MB/s
DQ Read 714
DQ Write 486
DQ Mixed 426
365% 542 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 142%
Great: 173%
Crucial MX300 1TB-$90
75GB free
Firmware: M0CR040
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 335 345 389 393 361 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 395
Write 408
Mixed 361
SusWrite 363
86% 382 MB/s
4K Read 23.6
4K Write 70.2
4K Mixed 34.3
117% 42.7 MB/s
DQ Read 360
DQ Write 312
DQ Mixed 297
234% 323 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 105%
Sabrent Rocket nano 1TB
387GB free
Firmware: EDFM00E2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 468 456 473 503 530 527 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 704
Write 531
Mixed 464
SusWrite 493
123% 548 MB/s
4K Read 21.9
4K Write 62.1
4K Mixed 29.6
104% 37.9 MB/s
DQ Read 727
DQ Write 556
DQ Mixed 36.6
192% 440 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 119%
Great: 254%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown K821PJ-MIB 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)
70.4% Very good
MC Read 25.8
MC Write 27.4
MC Mixed 22.2
72% 25.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 20.3
62% 21.6 GB/s
Latency 86.3
46% 86.3 ns
Poor: 65%
This bench: 70.4%
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 2,672 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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