Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 68%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 77%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics97.2% 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 Drive264% 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
Memory27.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime14.3 Days
Run DateDec 10 '21 at 01:09
Run Duration144 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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)
77% Very good
Memory 82.4
1-Core 118
2-Core 212
78% 138 Pts
4-Core 386
8-Core 592
60% 489 Pts
64-Core 598
37% 598 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77%
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: 466.18
Performing below potential (58th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
97.2% Outstanding
Lighting 120
Reflection 134
Parallax 121
98% 125 fps
MRender 112
Gravity 126
Splatting 112
95% 117 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 97.2%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
169GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 603 420 420 421 424 424 MB/s
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
264% Outstanding
Read 2,606
Write 2,239
Mixed 1,495
SusWrite 452
378% 1,698 MB/s
4K Read 62.1
4K Write 168
4K Mixed 87.3
295% 106 MB/s
DQ Read 1,008
DQ Write 802
DQ Mixed 894
672% 901 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 264%
Great: 280%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
388GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 315 389 403 400 402 403 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
91.4% Outstanding
Read 450
Write 203
Mixed 348
SusWrite 385
78% 347 MB/s
4K Read 26.9
4K Write 50.3
4K Mixed 33.3
110% 36.8 MB/s
DQ Read 376
DQ Write 324
DQ Mixed 282
230% 327 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.4%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
82.7% Excellent
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 26.2
84% 29.4 GB/s
SC Read 18.7
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 25.6
75% 26.2 GB/s
Latency 76.2
52% 76.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.7%
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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