Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 65%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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.
Graphics83.9% 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 Drive119% 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.
Memory24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB 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
Memory20 GB free of 24 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime3.7 Days
Run DateOct 14 '20 at 06:15
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User MYS-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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 (98th percentile)
74.3% Very good
Memory 83.7
1-Core 110
2-Core 200
76% 131 Pts
4-Core 350
8-Core 530
55% 440 Pts
64-Core 556
34% 556 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 74.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 452.06
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83.9% Excellent
Lighting 104
Reflection 123
Parallax 95.7
85% 108 fps
MRender 96.2
Gravity 100
Splatting 104
82% 100 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
49GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4107 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 178 161 159 154 155 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
119% Outstanding
Read 1,038
Write 234
Mixed 325
SusWrite 167
96% 441 MB/s
4K Read 31.4
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 46.9
173% 67 MB/s
DQ Read 370
DQ Write 249
DQ Mixed 314
233% 311 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 119%
Great: 193%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
908GB free
Firmware: A3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 117 119 120 117 118 MB/s
Performing below expectations (24th percentile)
49.2% Average
Read 53.9
Write 120
Mixed 29.9
SusWrite 118
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.5
104% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 49.2%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 009C0B16 24GB
2667, 2667 MHz
8192, 16384 MB
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
61.3% Good
MC Read 22.7
MC Write 22.9
MC Mixed 18.4
61% 21.3 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 19.9
55% 19.3 GB/s
Latency 73.9
54% 73.9 ns
Poor: 61%
This bench: 61.3%
Great: 68%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,670 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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