Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 76%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 93%
Nuclear submarine
Workstation
Workstation 64%
Destroyer
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (85th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 15 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 87.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics83% 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 Drive168% 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170314
Uptime0.2 Days
Run DateJul 20 '17 at 04:55
Run Duration156 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing above expectations (85th 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 3.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
87.2% Excellent
Memory 90.7
1-Core 129
2-Core 253
88% 158 Pts
4-Core 452
8-Core 639
69% 546 Pts
64-Core 615
38% 615 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 87.2%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0775) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
83% Excellent
Lighting 102
Reflection 123
Parallax 91.3
84% 106 fps
MRender 97.2
Gravity 97.6
Splatting 104
82% 99.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 83%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5512GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB
335GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
168% Outstanding
Read 1,665
Write 535
Mixed 743
214% 981 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 132
4K Mixed 33.7
155% 64.4 MB/s
DQ Read 539
DQ Write 482
DQ Mixed 33
155% 351 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 168%
Great: 170%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
357GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (61st percentile)
64.5% Good
Read 119
Write 107
Mixed 91.2
79% 105 MB/s
4K Read 0.48
4K Write 1.32
4K Mixed 0.18
64% 0.66 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 64.5%
Great: 75%
WD Elements 1TB
81GB free, PID 1042
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing above expectations (64th percentile)
28.7% Poor
Read 67.1
Write 67
Mixed 56.2
81% 63.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.38
4K Write 1.38
4K Mixed 0.14
53% 0.63 MB/s
Poor: 12%
This bench: 28.7%
Great: 43%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (93rd percentile)
81.7% Excellent
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 31.5
MC Mixed 25.7
83% 28.9 GB/s
SC Read 17.2
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 26.4
72% 25 GB/s
Latency 66.2
60% 66.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 81.7%
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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