Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 56%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 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 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.6% 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 Drive121% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory25.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime6 Days
Run DateMay 29 '20 at 20:56
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (46th 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 above expectations (63rd percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 100
2-Core 187
72% 123 Pts
4-Core 354
8-Core 566
57% 460 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 445.87
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 105
Reflection 115
Parallax 100
86% 107 fps
MRender 94.8
Gravity 102
Splatting 85.9
76% 94.1 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Addlink M.2 PCIE G3x4 NVMe 256GB
73GB free (System drive)
Firmware: ECFM13.1 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 345 291 294 273 276 251 MB/s
Performing below expectations (21st percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 907
Write 732
Mixed 390
SusWrite 288
129% 579 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 129
4K Mixed 39.6
166% 66.5 MB/s
DQ Read 412
DQ Write 343
DQ Mixed 696
434% 484 MB/s
Poor: 96%
This bench: 121%
Great: 235%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
492GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 111 113 113 114 113 112 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
67.6% Good
Read 123
Write 106
Mixed 24.8
SusWrite 113
66% 91.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
77.6% Very good
MC Read 28.4
MC Write 30.4
MC Mixed 25.6
80% 28.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.7
SC Write 27.8
SC Mixed 21.7
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 75.2
53% 75.2 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 77.6%
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 2,668 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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