Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 77%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 66%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 73.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics99.3% 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 Drive195% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory25.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170705
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateAug 03 '20 at 07:57
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User AUT-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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)
73.8% Very good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 104
2-Core 204
74% 130 Pts
4-Core 352
8-Core 571
56% 461 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.8%
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: 451.67
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.3% Outstanding
Lighting 127
Reflection 139
Parallax 119
103% 128 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 126
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 99.3%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
761GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 862 777 791 825 902 873 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
195% Outstanding
Read 1,450
Write 889
Mixed 663
SusWrite 838
214% 960 MB/s
4K Read 25.6
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 37.5
158% 65.9 MB/s
DQ Read 911
DQ Write 820
DQ Mixed 361
409% 697 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 195%
Great: 251%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
930GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 129 130 129 127 131 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Read 137
Write 125
Mixed 28
SusWrite 129
76% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
77.9% Very good
MC Read 27.8
MC Write 30.7
MC Mixed 25.3
80% 27.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 24.1
66% 23.1 GB/s
Latency 76.3
52% 76.3 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 77.9%
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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