Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 64%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (73rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 27 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%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics82.5% 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 Drive135% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory9.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20210909
Uptime2.3 Days
Run DateApr 18 '22 at 09:54
Run Duration214 Seconds
Run User PAK-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (73rd 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% Very good
Memory 83
1-Core 98.4
2-Core 189
71% 123 Pts
4-Core 351
8-Core 519
54% 435 Pts
64-Core 533
33% 533 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 74%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 30.0.15.1215
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
82.5% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 123
Parallax 97.9
84% 108 fps
MRender 89.4
Gravity 98.3
Splatting 104
80% 97.3 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 82.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba XG5 NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB-$33
86GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AADA4106 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 311 336 294 295 254 288 MB/s
Performing above expectations (66th percentile)
135% Outstanding
Read 1,392
Write 196
Mixed 151
SusWrite 296
109% 509 MB/s
4K Read 10.2
4K Write 123
4K Mixed 44
137% 59 MB/s
DQ Read 433
DQ Write 388
DQ Mixed 299
255% 374 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 135%
Great: 193%
Liteonit L8T-128L9G-11 M.2 2280 128GB
96GB free
Firmware: H87110D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 320 322 326 327 315 326 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
90.7% Outstanding
Read 453
Write 332
Mixed 262
SusWrite 323
77% 342 MB/s
4K Read 31.5
4K Write 70.7
4K Mixed 33.2
128% 45.1 MB/s
DQ Read 333
DQ Write 290
DQ Mixed 197
179% 273 MB/s
Poor: 55%
This bench: 90.7%
Great: 90%
Bc501 NVMe SK hynix 256GB
91GB free
Firmware: 80002C00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 456 366 285 236 170 136 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
139% Outstanding
Read 1,047
Write 738
Mixed 486
SusWrite 275
141% 636 MB/s
4K Read 41.5
4K Write 121
4K Mixed 43.4
182% 68.6 MB/s
DQ Read 511
DQ Write 625
DQ Mixed 425
360% 520 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 139%
Great: 142%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
418GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 101 103 103 102 102 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
54.7% Above average
Read 89
Write 73.9
Mixed 19.2
SusWrite 102
51% 70.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 54.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.6% Good
MC Read 26.1
MC Write 25.1
MC Mixed 20.9
69% 24 GB/s
SC Read 14.5
SC Write 23.7
SC Mixed 21.3
57% 19.8 GB/s
Latency 75.1
53% 75.1 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 67.6%
Great: 78%

 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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