Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 80%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (81st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 19 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics101% 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 Drive215% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateFeb 23 '18 at 14:03
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User KWT-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (81st 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 above expectations (63rd percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 83.5
1-Core 115
2-Core 210
78% 136 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 584
57% 468 Pts
64-Core 580
36% 580 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 74.3%
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: 387.99
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
101% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 144
Parallax 121
106% 132 fps
MRender 111
Gravity 127
Splatting 106
93% 115 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 101%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
954GB free
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
284% Outstanding
Read 2,519
Write 1,840
Mixed 2,203
487% 2,187 MB/s
4K Read 47.4
4K Write 133
4K Mixed 54.2
212% 78.2 MB/s
DQ Read 42
DQ Write 257
DQ Mixed 29.4
58% 110 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 284%
Great: 251%
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB
875GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4102 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
215% Outstanding
Read 2,492
Write 914
Mixed 1,395
350% 1,600 MB/s
4K Read 32.6
4K Write 125
4K Mixed 36.8
163% 64.9 MB/s
DQ Read 264
DQ Write 228
DQ Mixed 21.2
77% 171 MB/s
Poor: 99%
This bench: 215%
Great: 251%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (73rd percentile)
67.8% Good
Read 125
Write 111
Mixed 124
91% 120 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 1.62
4K Mixed 0.18
81% 0.85 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 67.8%
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)
80.6% Excellent
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 31.5
MC Mixed 25.6
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 32
SC Mixed 23.5
68% 23.8 GB/s
Latency 74.2
54% 74.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 80.6%
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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