Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 70%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 60%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 66.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics98.2% 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 Drive244% 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.
Very high background CPU (71%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory27 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime6.7 Days
Run DateJan 04 '22 at 19:50
Run Duration145 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 71%

 PC Performing as expected (51st 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 2.9 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (20th percentile)
66.5% Good
Memory 84.2
1-Core 82.3
2-Core 156
64% 108 Pts
4-Core 265
8-Core 491
45% 378 Pts
64-Core 489
30% 489 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 66.5%
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 (62nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
98.2% Outstanding
Lighting 122
Reflection 135
Parallax 122
99% 126 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 126
Splatting 114
96% 118 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 98.2%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
162GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 544 430 430 432 425 420 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
244% Outstanding
Read 2,512
Write 2211
Mixed 1,522
SusWrite 447
372% 1673 MB/s
4K Read 61.5
4K Write 134
4K Mixed 80
266% 91.7 MB/s
DQ Read 840
DQ Write 665
DQ Mixed 725
550% 743 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 244%
Great: 280%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
388GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 325 382 392 395 388 394 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
89.2% Excellent
Read 454
Write 207
Mixed 355
SusWrite 379
78% 349 MB/s
4K Read 25.5
4K Write 45.5
4K Mixed 31.4
103% 34.1 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 334
DQ Mixed 286
233% 332 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 89.2%
Great: 118%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (85th percentile)
80% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 31.9
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 14.8
SC Write 30.4
SC Mixed 21
63% 22.1 GB/s
Latency 73.2
55% 73.2 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 80%
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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