Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 96%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 95%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 81%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (84th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 16 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith an outstanding single core score, this CPU is the cat's whiskers: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle moderate workstation, and even light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 94%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is excellent.
Graphics99.6% 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 Drive156% 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
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime6.3 Days
Run DateJun 19 '18 at 18:50
Run Duration115 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (84th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 4.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
94% Outstanding
Memory 93.3
1-Core 128
2-Core 260
90% 161 Pts
4-Core 513
8-Core 717
77% 615 Pts
64-Core 721
45% 721 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 94%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 389.12
Performing below potential (72nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide
99.6% Outstanding
Lighting 128
Reflection 142
Parallax 119
104% 129 fps
MRender 110
Gravity 124
Splatting 102
91% 112 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 99.6%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
444GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
156% Outstanding
Read 1,191
Write 879
Mixed 661
201% 910 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 111
4K Mixed 44.9
165% 62.7 MB/s
DQ Read 44.8
DQ Write 131
DQ Mixed 23.8
37% 66.4 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 156%
Great: 170%
Seagate ST1000LM048-2E7172 1TB
865GB free
Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
52.7% Above average
Read 94
Write 88.6
Mixed 66
62% 82.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 4.8
4K Mixed 0.43
168% 2 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 52.7%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
ED9D3616 BLS8G4S240FSD.16FBD 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
84.1% Excellent
MC Read 30.3
MC Write 32.2
MC Mixed 26.1
84% 29.5 GB/s
SC Read 18.6
SC Write 34.2
SC Mixed 26.9
76% 26.6 GB/s
Latency 61.4
65% 61.4 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 84.1%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,685 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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