Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 57%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 78%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 49%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 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 71.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics75.9% 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 Drive63.5% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (13%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory9.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateSep 22 '19 at 06:53
Run Duration138 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 13%

 PC Performing above expectations (61st 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
71.1% Very good
Memory 85.3
1-Core 98.6
2-Core 168
70% 117 Pts
4-Core 308
8-Core 537
51% 422 Pts
64-Core 530
33% 530 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 71.1%
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 below potential (74th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
75.9% Very good
Lighting 90.7
Reflection 116
Parallax 90.5
74% 99.1 fps
MRender 94.6
Gravity 93.9
Splatting 101
80% 96.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 75.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
48GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 82 98 85 90 87 MB/s
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
63.5% Good
Read 409
Write 317
Mixed 166
SusWrite 91.1
54% 246 MB/s
4K Read 24.7
4K Write 41.3
4K Mixed 27.9
95% 31.3 MB/s
DQ Read 334
DQ Write 208
DQ Mixed 182
160% 241 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 63.5%
Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
49GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 82 79 81 77 79 92 MB/s
Performing as expected (40th percentile)
56.4% Above average
Read 115
Write 102
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 81.6
58% 80.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.6
126% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 56.4%
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 (40th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
70% Good
MC Read 27.4
MC Write 25.7
MC Mixed 21.1
71% 24.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 26.3
SC Mixed 21.7
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 71.7
56% 71.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 70%
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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