Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 87%
Aircraft carrier
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 73%
Battleship
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 83.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics100% 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 Drive188% 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
Memory27.8 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171024
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 23 '18 at 09:44
Run Duration112 Seconds
Run User SYC-User
Background CPU5%

 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 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
83.7% Excellent
Memory 88.5
1-Core 116
2-Core 221
81% 142 Pts
4-Core 426
8-Core 616
65% 521 Pts
64-Core 617
38% 617 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 83.7%
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: 391.35
Performing below potential (77th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
100% Outstanding
Lighting 129
Reflection 144
Parallax 122
106% 132 fps
MRender 107
Gravity 127
Splatting 99.5
90% 111 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 100%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Pc401 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
163GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 80003E00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
188% Outstanding
Read 2,187
Write 716
Mixed 949
280% 1,284 MB/s
4K Read 44.1
4K Write 151
4K Mixed 26.9
181% 74 MB/s
DQ Read 32.3
DQ Write 149
DQ Mixed 107
77% 96.1 MB/s
Poor: 68%
This bench: 188%
Great: 167%
Samsung 850 Pro 1TB-$210
224GB free
Firmware: EXM01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
80.3% Excellent
Read 510
Write 479
Mixed 511
112% 500 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 76.3
4K Mixed 15.3
99% 39.1 MB/s
DQ Read 22.9
DQ Write 63.9
DQ Mixed 15.7
20% 34.2 MB/s
Poor: 77%
This bench: 80.3%
Great: 124%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
81.2% Excellent
MC Read 29.5
MC Write 31.5
MC Mixed 25.8
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.7
SC Write 31.4
SC Mixed 24.4
70% 24.5 GB/s
Latency 69
58% 69 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.2%
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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