Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics76.6% 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 Drive111% 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
Memory10.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2816 x 1584 - 32 Bit colors, 2816 x 1584 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime0 Days
Run DateSep 18 '19 at 09:45
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User DEU-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 2.6 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 81.6
1-Core 90.4
2-Core 193
70% 122 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 546
52% 433 Pts
64-Core 524
32% 524 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0775) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.6% Very good
Lighting 91.4
Reflection 117
Parallax 90.9
74% 99.7 fps
MRender 97.3
Gravity 93.3
Splatting 103
80% 97.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.6%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
CT1000MX500SSD4 1TB
844GB free (System drive)
Firmware: M3CR023
SusWrite @10s intervals: 327 332 434 462 456 314 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
111% Outstanding
Read 465
Write 426
Mixed 418
SusWrite 388
96% 424 MB/s
4K Read 36.6
4K Write 96.5
4K Mixed 52.5
174% 61.9 MB/s
DQ Read 372
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 278
223% 314 MB/s
Poor: 86%
This bench: 111%
Great: 123%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
930GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 123 122 126 124 129 126 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
72.9% Very good
Read 129
Write 125
Mixed 25.2
SusWrite 125
73% 101 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
129% 1.03 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 72.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing as expected (54th percentile)
72.5% Very good
MC Read 28.1
MC Write 29.3
MC Mixed 22.2
76% 26.5 GB/s
SC Read 14.2
SC Write 23.4
SC Mixed 18.1
53% 18.6 GB/s
Latency 77.6
52% 77.6 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 72.5%
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 2,672 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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