Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 33%
Sail boat
Desktop
Desktop 53%
Yacht
Workstation
Workstation 33%
Sail boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (36th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 64 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 relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 41.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics65.4% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive174% 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.
Very high background CPU (100%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory6.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20171211
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMay 21 '18 at 08:30
Run Duration182 Seconds
Run User MEX-User
Background CPU 100%

 PC Performing below expectations (36th 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
41.7% Average
Memory 30.9
1-Core 61.5
2-Core 120
38% 70.9 Pts
4-Core 280
8-Core 537
48% 409 Pts
64-Core 525
32% 525 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 23.21.13.8799
Performing below potential (16th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
65.4% Good
Lighting 75.9
Reflection 93.7
Parallax 79.5
62% 83 fps
MRender 87
Gravity 85.7
Splatting 90.8
72% 87.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 65.4%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Thnsn51t02duk NVMe TOSHIBA 1024GB
954GB free
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
158% Outstanding
Read 1,336
Write 870
Mixed 1,195
252% 1,134 MB/s
4K Read 34.1
4K Write 71.9
4K Mixed 44.4
147% 50.1 MB/s
DQ Read 140
DQ Write 113
DQ Mixed 60.3
63% 104 MB/s
Poor: 81%
This bench: 158%
Great: 173%
Samsung 960 Evo NVMe PCIe M.2 1TB-$150
872GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 3B7Q Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
174% Outstanding
Read 1,968
Write 766
Mixed 1,139
283% 1,291 MB/s
4K Read 41.6
4K Write 69.6
4K Mixed 34.9
145% 48.7 MB/s
DQ Read 97
DQ Write 97.5
DQ Mixed 44.3
48% 79.6 MB/s
Poor: 157%
This bench: 174%
Great: 302%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 252GB
116GB free, PID 5595
Operating at USB 3.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
32.7% Below average
Read 154
Write 19.6
Mixed 33.5
62% 69.1 MB/s
4K Read 8.49
4K Write 1.34
4K Mixed 0.97
110% 3.6 MB/s
Poor: 10%
This bench: 32.7%
Great: 32%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
65.8% Good
MC Read 28
MC Write 28.6
MC Mixed 24.7
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 2.9
SC Write 15.6
SC Mixed 4.2
22% 7.57 GB/s
Latency 249
16% 249 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 65.8%
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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