Alienware m17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 92%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 83%
Aircraft carrier
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
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 64%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics140% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive131% 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.
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 VersionWindows 11 is the most recent version of Windows.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware m17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware m17 R4
Memory20.7 GB free of 32 GB @ 3.2 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 11
BIOS Date20220902
Uptime4.6 Days
Run DateOct 25 '22 at 22:21
Run Duration196 Seconds
Run User PHL-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i9-10980HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 8 cores, 16 threads
Base clock 3.1 GHz, turbo 2.4 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
64% Good
Memory 81.8
1-Core 66.9
2-Core 134
58% 94.1 Pts
4-Core 251
8-Core 444
42% 348 Pts
64-Core 709
44% 709 Pts
Poor: 64%
This bench: 64%
Great: 96%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia RTX 3080 (Laptop)
Dell(1028 0A96) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 2100 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 16GB, Driver: 522.25
Performing way above expectations (88th percentile)
140% Outstanding
Lighting 203
Reflection 196
Parallax 194
165% 197 fps
MRender 193
Gravity 144
Splatting 117
120% 151 fps
Poor: 96%
This bench: 140%
Great: 144%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sabrent Rocket nano 512GB
254GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RKT301.3
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1057 494 504 512 528 561 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
131% Outstanding
Read 698
Write 1000
Mixed 731
SusWrite 609
172% 760 MB/s
4K Read 31
4K Write 64.4
4K Mixed 40.6
133% 45.3 MB/s
DQ Read 650
DQ Write 437
DQ Mixed 564
415% 551 MB/s
Poor: 98%
This bench: 131%
Great: 243%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1TB
333GB free
Firmware: 1.0.00
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1735 1591 1716 1780 1770 1748 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
229% Outstanding
Read 1,346
Write 1,762
Mixed 1,175
SusWrite 1,723
340% 1,502 MB/s
4K Read 38.3
4K Write 57.4
4K Mixed 47.6
149% 47.8 MB/s
DQ Read 573
DQ Write 446
DQ Mixed 525
388% 515 MB/s
Poor: 115%
This bench: 229%
Great: 372%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMAB2GS6AMR6N-XN 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB Row of chips DDR4 3200 MHz clocked @ 2933 MHz
Performing below potential (37th percentile) - Ensure that the top XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
77.1% Very good
MC Read 30.9
MC Write 31.6
MC Mixed 23.9
82% 28.8 GB/s
SC Read 10.9
SC Write 24.7
SC Mixed 17.2
50% 17.6 GB/s
Latency 77.3
52% 77.3 ns
Poor: 54%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 87%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical m17 R4 Builds (Compare 317 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 93%
Nuclear submarine
Desktop
Desktop 87%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 87%
Aircraft carrier

System: Alienware m17 R4

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