Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 67%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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 76.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics97.3% 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 Drive227% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory28.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200721
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 15 '20 at 23:52
Run Duration206 Seconds
Run User ESP-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
76.9% Very good
Memory 81.5
1-Core 118
2-Core 215
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 390
8-Core 568
60% 479 Pts
64-Core 574
36% 574 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 76.9%
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: 457.30
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.3% Outstanding
Lighting 124
Reflection 138
Parallax 116
101% 126 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 122
Splatting 101
90% 110 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 97.3%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$100
181GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1091 368 309 306 308 307 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
227% Outstanding
Read 2,093
Write 1,470
Mixed 1,017
SusWrite 448
279% 1,257 MB/s
4K Read 57.7
4K Write 146
4K Mixed 68.1
252% 90.6 MB/s
DQ Read 971
DQ Write 784
DQ Mixed 944
689% 900 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 227%
Great: 280%
Kxg60znv512g NVMe TOSHIBA 512GB
477GB free
Firmware: 10604106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1629 792 791 794 803 804 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
241% Outstanding
Read 1759
Write 1,492
Mixed 1,163
SusWrite 935
299% 1,337 MB/s
4K Read 45.9
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 62.1
229% 86.4 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 925
DQ Mixed 940
712% 957 MB/s
Poor: 124%
This bench: 241%
Great: 267%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 131 130 130 131 132 130 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
75.1% Very good
Read 131
Write 128
Mixed 26
SusWrite 131
75% 104 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
92% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 75.1%
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 (84th percentile)
80.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 31.1
MC Mixed 25.4
82% 28.7 GB/s
SC Read 16.6
SC Write 32.7
SC Mixed 24.2
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 77.8
51% 77.8 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.1%
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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