Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 12%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (40th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 60 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 71.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive301% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory21.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20220318
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateJul 14 '23 at 22:20
Run Duration111 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing as expected (40th 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)
71.4% Very good
Memory 79
1-Core 91.2
2-Core 180
67% 117 Pts
4-Core 344
8-Core 531
54% 437 Pts
64-Core 550
34% 550 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 71.4%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0778) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 27.20.100.9664
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
5.75% Terrible
Lighting 6.3
Reflection 130
Parallax 7.1
5% 47.8 fps
MRender 9
Gravity 6
Splatting 9.9
7% 8.3 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.75%
Great: 6%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo Plus NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$157
618GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B2QEXM7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1777 1843 1811 1870 1873 1282 MB/s
Performing below expectations (30th percentile)
301% Outstanding
Read 2,046
Write 1,892
Mixed 1,810
SusWrite 1,743
422% 1,873 MB/s
4K Read 59.5
4K Write 124
4K Mixed 81.2
260% 88.2 MB/s
DQ Read 795
DQ Write 604
DQ Mixed 739
542% 713 MB/s
Poor: 223%
This bench: 301%
Great: 435%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
ED9D3616 BLS16G4S26BFSD.16FBD 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (2nd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.7% Good
MC Read 24.4
MC Write 26
MC Mixed 21.9
69% 24.1 GB/s
SC Read 13.1
SC Write 23.9
SC Mixed 18.5
53% 18.5 GB/s
Latency 82.4
48% 82.4 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

 SkillBench Score 0: 0P 0R 0G 0B (High Scores)

Measures user input accuracy relative to the given hardware

Score Hit Rate Shots EFps 0.1% Low Refresh Rate Screen Resolution Monitor
0% 0% 0 55 37 60 17.3" 1280 720 SHP1446
Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,695 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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