Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 98%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (72nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 28 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 90.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics106% 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 Drive167% 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 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 17 '18 at 16:53
Run Duration154 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU3%

 PC Performing above expectations (72nd 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 3.95 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
90.5% Outstanding
Memory 90.9
1-Core 135
2-Core 263
91% 163 Pts
4-Core 489
8-Core 679
74% 584 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 90.5%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2075 MHz, MLim: 2560 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.11
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
106% Outstanding
Lighting 139
Reflection 20.5
Parallax 129
113% 96 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 132
Splatting 113
97% 119 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 106%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
108GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4105 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
167% Outstanding
Read 2,065
Write 590
Mixed 837
253% 1,164 MB/s
4K Read 29.9
4K Write 130
4K Mixed 24.6
146% 61.4 MB/s
DQ Read 33.8
DQ Write 242
DQ Mixed 95.1
86% 124 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 167%
Great: 251%
Seagate ST2000LM007-1R8174 2TB
214GB free
Firmware: SBK2 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - RAM cached drive detected
Poor: 22% Great: 67%
Seagate Game Drive Xbox 8TB
146GB free
Firmware: D781
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
22.6% Poor
Read 37.8
Write 38.4
Mixed 33.8
28% 36.7 MB/s
4K Read 4.1
4K Write 4.22
4K Mixed 0.39
292% 2.9 MB/s
Poor: 16%
This bench: 22.6%
Great: 93%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471A2K43CB1-CRC 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.1% Excellent
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 31.7
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 18.9
SC Write 33.4
SC Mixed 25.7
74% 26 GB/s
Latency 65.9
61% 65.9 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 82.1%
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 2,676 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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