Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (51st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 49 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 65.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics78.3% 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 Drive77.1% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory10 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180423
Uptime15.1 Days
Run DateDec 05 '18 at 20:35
Run Duration126 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing as expected (51st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6700HQ
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.6 GHz, turbo 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (83rd percentile)
65.6% Good
Memory 76.7
1-Core 91.2
2-Core 160
64% 109 Pts
4-Core 294
8-Core 501
48% 398 Pts
64-Core 515
32% 515 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 65.6%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 416.34
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
78.3% Very good
Lighting 96.7
Reflection 115
Parallax 89.8
79% 101 fps
MRender 91.5
Gravity 90.1
Splatting 99.5
77% 93.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 78.3%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
282GB free (System drive)
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 299 297 302 297 300 297 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
77.1% Very good
Read 412
Write 294
Mixed 261
SusWrite 299
71% 316 MB/s
4K Read 20.1
4K Write 57.5
4K Mixed 26.1
94% 34.6 MB/s
DQ Read 299
DQ Write 300
DQ Mixed 231
193% 277 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 77.1%
Great: 126%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
58GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 92 88 92 93 93 92 MB/s
Performing as expected (49th percentile)
60.7% Good
Read 120
Write 112
Mixed 29.1
SusWrite 91.6
64% 88.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.7
4K Mixed 0.6
127% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 60.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
68.2% Good
MC Read 27.3
MC Write 27.2
MC Mixed 21
72% 25.2 GB/s
SC Read 11.4
SC Write 22.6
SC Mixed 17
49% 17 GB/s
Latency 86.9
46% 86.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 68.2%
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 2,668 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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