Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 73%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (74th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 26 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 78.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics6.25% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot Drive67.7% 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.
Very high background CPU (69%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory13.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
DisplayЦвета: 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime0 Days
Run DateDec 12 '19 at 09:54
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User RUS-User
Background CPU 69%

 PC Performing above expectations (74th 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 (100th percentile)
78.8% Very good
Memory 88
1-Core 101
2-Core 181
73% 123 Pts
4-Core 376
8-Core 546
58% 461 Pts
64-Core 541
34% 541 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 78.8%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0776) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 26.20.100.7158
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.25% Terrible
Lighting 6.2
Reflection 110
Parallax 7.03
5% 41.2 fps
MRender 10.5
Gravity 6.17
Splatting 13.6
9% 10.1 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.25%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
0GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 113 96 76 86 83 91 MB/s
Performing above expectations (71st percentile)
67.7% Good
Read 436
Write 301
Mixed 230
SusWrite 91.1
59% 265 MB/s
4K Read 26.4
4K Write 48.3
4K Mixed 31.4
106% 35.4 MB/s
DQ Read 316
DQ Write 212
DQ Mixed 193
163% 240 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 67.7%
Great: 87%
Samsung 860 EVO M.2 500GB
0GB free
Firmware: RVT21B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 390 341 303 302 284 302 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 499
Write 419
Mixed 411
SusWrite 320
93% 412 MB/s
4K Read 35.9
4K Write 85.2
4K Mixed 47.9
161% 56.3 MB/s
DQ Read 364
DQ Write 320
DQ Mixed 328
250% 337 MB/s
Poor: 74%
This bench: 105%
Great: 126%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
0GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 90 95 95 95 89 97 MB/s
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
53.7% Above average
Read 93.5
Write 100
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 93.5
56% 77.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.6
116% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 53.7%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
76.3% Very good
MC Read 29.6
MC Write 29.6
MC Mixed 22.1
77% 27.1 GB/s
SC Read 16.4
SC Write 29.1
SC Mixed 23.6
66% 23 GB/s
Latency 69.5
58% 69.5 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 76.3%
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 2,670 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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