Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 86%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 77.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.1% 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 Drive192% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0.3 Days
Run DateMay 21 '20 at 23:15
Run Duration272 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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 3.45 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
77.1% Very good
Memory 86.5
1-Core 111
2-Core 215
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 491
55% 432 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.1% Very good
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 116
Parallax 88.6
79% 100 fps
MRender 89.2
Gravity 95.1
Splatting 95.4
77% 93.2 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.1%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket nano 1TB
908GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT301.2
SusWrite @10s intervals: 704 550 410 405 412 422 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
192% Outstanding
Read 1,113
Write 1,290
Mixed 1,100
SusWrite 484
224% 997 MB/s
4K Read 46.5
4K Write 162
4K Mixed 69.2
245% 92.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,050
DQ Write 844
DQ Mixed 978
724% 957 MB/s
Poor: 62%
This bench: 192%
Great: 254%
WDC PC SN520 SDAPNUW-128G-1006 128GB
50GB free
Firmware: 20110006
SusWrite @10s intervals: 316 215 215 217 217 217 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
140% Outstanding
Read 888
Write 731
Mixed 699
SusWrite 233
142% 638 MB/s
4K Read 41.1
4K Write 139
4K Mixed 57.8
210% 79.3 MB/s
DQ Read 436
DQ Write 708
DQ Mixed 406
354% 517 MB/s
Poor: 70%
This bench: 140%
Great: 155%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
45GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 260 235 231 167 123 123 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
113% Outstanding
Read 749
Write 423
Mixed 387
SusWrite 190
97% 437 MB/s
4K Read 29.8
4K Write 117
4K Mixed 41.5
160% 62.6 MB/s
DQ Read 707
DQ Write 295
DQ Mixed 442
343% 481 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 113%
Great: 141%
SABRENT 2TB
47GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 66 68 70 70 70 71 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
34% Below average
Read 49
Write 58
Mixed 59
SusWrite 69.1
44% 58.8 MB/s
4K Read 1.5
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.3
118% 1 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 34%
Great: 106%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
29GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 93 75 83 77 87 79 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
58.8% Above average
Read 123
Write 106
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 82.4
60% 83.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.6
114% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 58.8%
Great: 75%
SABRENT 1TB
2GB free
Firmware: 0204
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 84.8
Write 72.7
Mixed 21.3
43% 59.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
118% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 22% Great: 87%
SABRENT 500GB
169GB free
Firmware: 0204
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 51 51 51 50 50 MB/s
Performing below expectations (25th percentile)
28.5% Poor
Read 48.5
Write 50
Mixed 18
SusWrite 50.5
30% 41.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.5
94% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 19%
This bench: 28.5%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A1K43CB1-CRC 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
76% Very good
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 29.7
MC Mixed 22.5
78% 27.2 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 26.7
SC Mixed 22.7
62% 21.9 GB/s
Latency 70.9
56% 70.9 ns
Poor: 50%
This bench: 76%
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%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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