Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 82%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 88%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (75th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 25 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 77.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive261% 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
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateMay 18 '22 at 20:52
Run Duration205 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (75th 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
77.5% Very good
Memory 87.4
1-Core 112
2-Core 205
78% 135 Pts
4-Core 365
8-Core 573
58% 469 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.5%
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 above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 126
Reflection 139
Parallax 140
103% 135 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 129
Splatting 114
97% 119 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
152GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 579 426 421 425 425 411 MB/s
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
261% Outstanding
Read 2571
Write 2,210
Mixed 1,494
SusWrite 448
374% 1,681 MB/s
4K Read 65.2
4K Write 158
4K Mixed 86.1
293% 103 MB/s
DQ Read 1,006
DQ Write 790
DQ Mixed 882
664% 892 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 261%
Great: 280%
WDC WDBNCE5000PNC 500GB
390GB free
Firmware: X61190WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 392 399 400 401 400 409 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
91.2% Outstanding
Read 446
Write 398
Mixed 339
SusWrite 400
89% 396 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 48.6
4K Mixed 32.3
107% 35.8 MB/s
DQ Read 377
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 280
229% 327 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 91.2%
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 (96th percentile)
82.3% Excellent
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 25.8
83% 29 GB/s
SC Read 18.8
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26.4
76% 26.5 GB/s
Latency 70.1
57% 70.1 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.3%
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 2,672 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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