Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 54%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (48th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 52 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 73.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics73.5% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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.
High background CPU (26%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory24.3 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 23 '19 at 10:51
Run Duration119 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 26%

 PC Performing as expected (48th 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 as expected (55th percentile)
73.1% Very good
Memory 71.5
1-Core 110
2-Core 179
69% 120 Pts
4-Core 402
8-Core 598
62% 500 Pts
64-Core 581
36% 581 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 73.1%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0778) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 25.21.14.1972
Performing below potential (51st percentile) - GPU OC Guide
73.5% Very good
Lighting 93.7
Reflection 80.8
Parallax 71.5
76% 82 fps
MRender 84.2
Gravity 80.2
Splatting 83.7
68% 82.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 73.5%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 42 52 57 81 103 102 MB/s
Performing as expected (44th percentile)
50.1% Above average
Read 101
Write 101
Mixed 48.3
SusWrite 72.8
59% 80.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
150% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 50.1%
Great: 70%
WD My Book 111A 1TB
931GB free, PID 111a
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 34 36 36 37 36 37 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
19.2% Very poor
Read 34.7
Write 33.2
Mixed 28.2
SusWrite 36
45% 33 MB/s
4K Read 0.8
4K Write 2
4K Mixed 0.8
98% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 19.2%
Great: 21%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (10th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
63.7% Good
MC Read 23.8
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 22
68% 23.8 GB/s
SC Read 13.5
SC Write 17.2
SC Mixed 13.4
42% 14.7 GB/s
Latency 97.9
41% 97.9 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 63.7%
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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