Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 75%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 91%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 62%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (63rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 37 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 84.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83.8% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive213% 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.
CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
Run History
5 years ago, 5 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 30 '18 at 22:30
Run Duration204 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (63rd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
84.2% Excellent
Memory 89.9
1-Core 118
2-Core 225
82% 145 Pts
4-Core 425
8-Core 600
64% 512 Pts
64-Core 579
36% 579 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 84.2%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.8% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 123
Parallax 104
85% 110 fps
MRender 96.5
Gravity 98.2
Splatting 103
82% 99.4 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.8%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
154GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 618 315 315 314 309 307 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
213% Outstanding
Read 2,212
Write 1,440
Mixed 880
SusWrite 363
270% 1,224 MB/s
4K Read 49.4
4K Write 107
4K Mixed 64.6
214% 73.5 MB/s
DQ Read 685
DQ Write 929
DQ Mixed 795
604% 803 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 213%
Great: 280%
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 250GB-$92
120GB free
Firmware: 1B2Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1268 304 298 297 296 296 MB/s
Performing below expectations (37th percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 2226
Write 1,457
Mixed 857
SusWrite 460
276% 1,250 MB/s
4K Read 51.5
4K Write 114
4K Mixed 66.6
224% 77.5 MB/s
DQ Read 821
DQ Write 1,105
DQ Mixed 912
703% 946 MB/s
Poor: 160%
This bench: 229%
Great: 280%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
344GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 99 99 101 101 102 MB/s
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
59% Above average
Read 105
Write 104
Mixed 31
SusWrite 100
62% 85.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
111% 0.87 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 59%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 009C3523 HMA81GS6CJR8N-UH 16GB
2400, 2400 MHz
8192, 8192 MB
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
77.2% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 30
MC Mixed 22.3
78% 27.3 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 29.7
SC Mixed 23.7
67% 23.5 GB/s
Latency 67.4
59% 67.4 ns
Poor: 72%
This bench: 77.2%
Great: 77%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,677 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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