Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 66%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 83%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 55%
Gunboat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 76.5%, 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 Drive118% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory16.4 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200721
Uptime3.3 Days
Run DateNov 02 '20 at 09:52
Run Duration123 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU 57%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
76.5% Very good
Memory 85.3
1-Core 107
2-Core 216
77% 136 Pts
4-Core 366
8-Core 539
56% 452 Pts
64-Core 559
35% 559 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 76.5%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.60
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.6% Excellent
Lighting 103
Reflection 123
Parallax 95.3
84% 107 fps
MRender 94
Gravity 96.6
Splatting 99.1
79% 96.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.6%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
120GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 20 7.9 77 298 299 283 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
118% Outstanding
Read 1,422
Write 70.5
Mixed 110
SusWrite 164
94% 441 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 50.4
4K Mixed 40.7
128% 41.2 MB/s
DQ Read 429
DQ Write 39.4
DQ Mixed 65.6
90% 178 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 118%
Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
777GB free
Firmware: A3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 115 116 117 121 121 123 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
47.2% Average
Read 45.8
Write 111
Mixed 26
SusWrite 119
55% 75.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.4
88% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 47.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 009C0B16 24GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
67.7% Good
MC Read 25.5
MC Write 26.1
MC Mixed 20.8
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 22.1
SC Mixed 20.7
55% 19.2 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 68%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,669 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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