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Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 79.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics5.75% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
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.
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.
CPU throttled at 99% by Windows. Ensure maximum processor state is set to 100% via Settings > System > Power & sleep > Additional power settings > Change plan settings > Change advanced power settings > Processor power management > Maximum processor state.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory11.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180125
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 22 '18 at 09:35
Run Duration133 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU8%
CPU Throttled 99%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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)
79.3% Very good
Memory 88.8
1-Core 110
2-Core 220
80% 140 Pts
4-Core 377
8-Core 605
60% 491 Pts
64-Core 608
38% 608 Pts
Poor: 53%
This bench: 79.3%
Great: 83%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD Graphics 630
Dell(1028 0778) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 22.20.16.4836
Performing way above expectations (87th percentile)
5.75% Terrible
Lighting 7.97
Reflection 62.2
Parallax 7.97
6% 26 fps
MRender 11.1
Gravity 7.1
Splatting 0
4% 6.07 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.75%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
664GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 86 85 94 114 125 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
47.7% Average
Read 74.3
Write 97.9
Mixed 36.9
SusWrite 91.9
55% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.3
78% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 47.7%
Great: 75%
Maxtor OneTouch III 60GB
56GB free, PID 7250
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 32 31 32 33 33 33 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
14.7% Very poor
Read 30.4
Write 30.1
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 32.5
39% 28.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1
4K Mixed 0.6
56% 0.7 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 14.7%
Great: 15%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
74.2% Very good
MC Read 27.7
MC Write 29.8
MC Mixed 22.2
76% 26.6 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 24
SC Mixed 23.3
60% 20.9 GB/s
Latency 68.7
58% 68.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74.2%
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 2,797 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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