Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 132%
UFO
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 109%
UFO
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 70.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics188% is a record breaking 3D score, it's almost off the scale. This GPU can handle all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive123% 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 (57%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory27.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220318
Uptime0 Days
Run DateNov 02 '22 at 04:06
Run Duration146 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 57%
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 PC Performing as expected (45th 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 as expected (41st percentile)
70.8% Very good
Memory 80.5
1-Core 77.3
2-Core 161
63% 106 Pts
4-Core 330
8-Core 474
50% 402 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 70.8%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080-$899
EVGA(3842 4885) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 4750 MHz, Ram: 10GB, Driver: 512.15
Performing below potential (47th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
188% Outstanding
Lighting 270
Reflection 252
Parallax 277
220% 266 fps
MRender 314
Gravity 232
Splatting 175
189% 240 fps
Poor: 163%
This bench: 188%
Great: 202%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
131GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 383 379 407 416 405 408 MB/s
Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)
123% Outstanding
Read 925
Write 394
Mixed 470
SusWrite 399
121% 547 MB/s
4K Read 28.6
4K Write 69.8
4K Mixed 34.1
124% 44.2 MB/s
DQ Read 627
DQ Write 416
DQ Mixed 490
374% 511 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 123%
Great: 142%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$45
185GB free
Firmware: 2B7QCXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1124 446 298 300 300 302 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 1,843
Write 1,456
Mixed 573
SusWrite 462
240% 1,084 MB/s
4K Read 36.7
4K Write 99.4
4K Mixed 36.5
155% 57.5 MB/s
DQ Read 611
DQ Write 268
DQ Mixed 334
275% 404 MB/s
Poor: 142%
This bench: 168%
Great: 236%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 32 39 49 50 39 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
49.5% Average
Read 130
Write 43.4
Mixed 20.6
SusWrite 42.6
43% 59.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 0.4
4K Mixed 0.2
50% 0.37 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 49.5%
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)
80.4% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 32.1
MC Mixed 25.9
83% 29.2 GB/s
SC Read 15.2
SC Write 30.8
SC Mixed 22.8
66% 22.9 GB/s
Latency 79.6
50% 79.6 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.4%
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 2,689 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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