Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 34%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 75%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 29%
Raft
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 very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 71.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics39.1% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive69.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait 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.
Very high background CPU (41%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory8.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200102
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJul 26 '20 at 06:57
Run Duration181 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 41%

 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 i7-7700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
71.3% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 69.4
2-Core 176
63% 109 Pts
4-Core 324
8-Core 475
50% 399 Pts
64-Core 548
34% 548 Pts
Poor: 38%
This bench: 71.3%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD Radeon RX 570
Dell(1028 0777) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1206 MHz, MLim: 1750 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 20.7.2
Performing below potential (75th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
39.1% Below average
Lighting 45.2
Reflection 62.4
Parallax 68.7
37% 58.8 fps
MRender 62.8
Gravity 47
Splatting 51.4
44% 53.7 fps
Poor: 33%
This bench: 39.1%
Great: 41%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
SK hynix SC300 M.2 2280 256GB
89GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20100P00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 298 289 286 286 276 277 MB/s
Performing below expectations (34th percentile)
69.9% Good
Read 437
Write 351
Mixed 293
SusWrite 285
76% 342 MB/s
4K Read 25.8
4K Write 29.7
4K Mixed 22.9
84% 26.1 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 50.1
DQ Mixed 86.5
94% 167 MB/s
Poor: 54%
This bench: 69.9%
Great: 96%
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
92GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4101 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 91 49 51 49 52 52 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
67.5% Good
Read 587
Write 130
Mixed 190
SusWrite 57.2
52% 241 MB/s
4K Read 32.2
4K Write 20.1
4K Mixed 29.9
98% 27.4 MB/s
DQ Read 406
DQ Write 45.7
DQ Mixed 55.3
84% 169 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 67.5%
Great: 141%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
633GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 88 92 81 87 89 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
51.1% Above average
Read 91
Write 90
Mixed 32.7
SusWrite 87.1
55% 75.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 51.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Crucial CT8G4SFS824A.M8FB 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
72.3% Very good
MC Read 28.8
MC Write 27.9
MC Mixed 22.2
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 22.7
SC Mixed 20.3
54% 19 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 79%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 49%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

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