Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 72%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 85%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
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 77.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics87.5% 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 Drive121% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1024 x 768 - 32 Bit colors, 2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170609
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateOct 12 '17 at 06:11
Run Duration110 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
77.2% Very good
Memory 85.6
1-Core 121
2-Core 216
81% 141 Pts
4-Core 370
8-Core 614
60% 492 Pts
64-Core 621
38% 621 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 77.2%
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: 382.5
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
87.5% Excellent
Lighting 113
Reflection 127
Parallax 102
92% 114 fps
MRender 102
Gravity 94.2
Splatting 94.3
79% 96.8 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 87.5%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 256GB
188GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2000 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
121% Outstanding
Read 1,467
Write 400
Mixed 638
182% 835 MB/s
4K Read 25.9
4K Write 85.1
4K Mixed 12.9
101% 41.3 MB/s
DQ Read 27.9
DQ Write 366
DQ Mixed 12.3
65% 136 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 121%
Great: 137%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.5% Very good
Read 123
Write 126
Mixed 122
93% 124 MB/s
4K Read 0.58
4K Write 1.65
4K Mixed 0.2
77% 0.81 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.5%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3H1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.8
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 25.9
84% 29.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 27.6
73% 25.4 GB/s
Latency 71.5
56% 71.5 ns
Poor: 56%
This bench: 82.2%
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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