Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (57th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 43 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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics92.6% 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 Drive95.3% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
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.
High background CPU (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime13.4 Days
Run DateAug 14 '20 at 20:37
Run Duration148 Seconds
Run User FRA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (57th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
74.2% Very good
Memory 82.5
1-Core 101
2-Core 200
73% 128 Pts
4-Core 355
8-Core 542
56% 448 Pts
64-Core 549
34% 549 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 446.14
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
92.6% Outstanding
Lighting 116
Reflection 134
Parallax 111
94% 120 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 118
Splatting 101
89% 109 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 92.6%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 238 157 211 110 119 90 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
95.3% Outstanding
Read 663
Write 425
Mixed 363
SusWrite 154
89% 401 MB/s
4K Read 30.1
4K Write 105
4K Mixed 28.7
138% 54.7 MB/s
DQ Read 695
DQ Write 127
DQ Mixed 315
256% 379 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 95.3%
Great: 141%
Micron Crucial X8 SSD 500GB
375GB free
Firmware: 0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 347 360 360 350 352 352 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Read 344
Write 340
Mixed 345
SusWrite 353
78% 345 MB/s
4K Read 24.2
4K Write 35.2
4K Mixed 28.5
92% 29.3 MB/s
DQ Read 152
DQ Write 162
DQ Mixed 150
115% 155 MB/s
Poor: 41%
This bench: 71.1%
Great: 92%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
930GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 116 121 123 119 120 MB/s
Performing above expectations (77th percentile)
69.2% Good
Read 122
Write 104
Mixed 28.1
SusWrite 120
68% 93.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
105% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 69.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G3B1 009C3523 HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
74.2% Very good
MC Read 28.3
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 22.2
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 23.5
SC Mixed 19.2
55% 19.4 GB/s
Latency 76
53% 76 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 79%

 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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