Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 67%
Battle cruiser
Desktop
Desktop 89%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 58%
Gunboat
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 78.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics78.3% 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 Drive275% 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
4 years ago, 4 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory13.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime0 Days
Run DateApr 25 '19 at 01:51
Run Duration147 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU8%

 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 3.5 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
78.9% Very good
Memory 89.1
1-Core 109
2-Core 216
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 614
60% 492 Pts
64-Core 603
37% 603 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 78.9%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Lighting 96.1
Reflection 114
Parallax 88.4
78% 99.6 fps
MRender 92.9
Gravity 91.2
Splatting 101
78% 95 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 970 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 2TB-$234
2TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 2B2QEXE7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1089 1809 1737 1661 1753 933 MB/s
Performing below expectations (38th percentile)
275% Outstanding
Read 1,668
Write 1559
Mixed 1,123
SusWrite 1,497
329% 1462 MB/s
4K Read 29.5
4K Write 163
4K Mixed 60.9
209% 84.6 MB/s
DQ Read 1,228
DQ Write 1,112
DQ Mixed 1,090
839% 1,143 MB/s
Poor: 195%
This bench: 275%
Great: 371%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
238GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 355 271 258 273 190 124 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
145% Outstanding
Read 748
Write 739
Mixed 650
SusWrite 245
134% 596 MB/s
4K Read 35.7
4K Write 145
4K Mixed 64.7
214% 81.7 MB/s
DQ Read 836
DQ Write 680
DQ Mixed 743
560% 753 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 145%
Great: 141%
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 2TB-$79
516GB free
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 80 90 89 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
45.7% Average
Read 71.5
Write 105
Mixed 53.6
SusWrite 87.2
58% 79.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.4
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 1.1
206% 1.3 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 45.7%
Great: 68%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
77.4% Very good
MC Read 29.4
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 22.2
78% 27.5 GB/s
SC Read 16.9
SC Write 30.1
SC Mixed 23.1
67% 23.4 GB/s
Latency 68.3
58% 68.3 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.4%
Great: 78%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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