Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 86%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (82nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 18 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 79.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% 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 Drive271% 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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/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
Memory13.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171024
Uptime0 Days
Run DateFeb 19 '18 at 22:08
Run Duration134 Seconds
Run User ROU-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (82nd 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 way above expectations (92nd percentile)
79.8% Very good
Memory 90.7
1-Core 105
2-Core 207
78% 134 Pts
4-Core 372
8-Core 610
60% 491 Pts
64-Core 620
38% 620 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79.8%
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: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 132
Reflection 145
Parallax 134
108% 137 fps
MRender 108
Gravity 127
Splatting 104
92% 113 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
438GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 4B6Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
271% Outstanding
Read 2,323
Write 1,879
Mixed 1,935
455% 2,046 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 164
4K Mixed 33
200% 81.2 MB/s
DQ Read 40.1
DQ Write 171
DQ Mixed 184
118% 132 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 271%
Great: 353%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$46
359GB free
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (78th percentile)
172% Outstanding
Read 2,130
Write 541
Mixed 888
258% 1,186 MB/s
4K Read 30
4K Write 135
4K Mixed 37.5
165% 67.4 MB/s
DQ Read 20.6
DQ Write 143
DQ Mixed 10.8
29% 58.1 MB/s
Poor: 78%
This bench: 172%
Great: 216%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
71.6% Very good
Read 126
Write 123
Mixed 127
95% 126 MB/s
4K Read 0.66
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.2
80% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 71.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.6% Excellent
MC Read 32.3
MC Write 32.6
MC Mixed 23.9
85% 29.6 GB/s
SC Read 18.2
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 26.5
74% 25.9 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 83.6%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,676 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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