Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 54%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (77th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 23 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.6% 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 Drive146% 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.
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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory8.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime1 Days
Run DateMay 06 '19 at 21:18
Run Duration130 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing above expectations (77th 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
74.6% Very good
Memory 87.2
1-Core 97.4
2-Core 165
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 335
8-Core 559
54% 447 Pts
64-Core 551
34% 551 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 74.6%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 26.21.14.3039
Performing way above expectations (91st percentile)
79.6% Very good
Lighting 101
Reflection 110
Parallax 85.7
82% 98.8 fps
MRender 89.8
Gravity 87.9
Splatting 95.1
75% 90.9 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.6%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba THNSN5256GPUK NVMe PCIe M.2 256GB
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 5KDA4103 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 348 174 168 182 181 159 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
146% Outstanding
Read 1,111
Write 786
Mixed 802
SusWrite 202
161% 725 MB/s
4K Read 42.1
4K Write 119
4K Mixed 57.6
201% 72.9 MB/s
DQ Read 836
DQ Write 393
DQ Mixed 565
432% 598 MB/s
Poor: 66%
This bench: 146%
Great: 141%
Samsung 850 Evo 500GB-$94
343GB free
Firmware: EMT01B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 417 427 432 444 448 453 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 479
Write 448
Mixed 378
SusWrite 437
98% 435 MB/s
4K Read 35.8
4K Write 83
4K Mixed 47.4
159% 55.4 MB/s
DQ Read 367
DQ Write 323
DQ Mixed 340
256% 343 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 111%
Great: 134%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (69th percentile)
73.9% Very good
MC Read 27.6
MC Write 30.3
MC Mixed 21
75% 26.3 GB/s
SC Read 16.2
SC Write 27.1
SC Mixed 21.9
62% 21.7 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 73.9%
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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