Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 76%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (79th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 21 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 76%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.1% 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 DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory10.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190118
Uptime2 Days
Run DateAug 07 '20 at 02:42
Run Duration121 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing above expectations (79th 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)
76% Very good
Memory 87.7
1-Core 90.9
2-Core 179
70% 119 Pts
4-Core 347
8-Core 537
55% 442 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 76%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 441.87
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
79.1% Very good
Lighting 97.6
Reflection 118
Parallax 90
80% 102 fps
MRender 92.7
Gravity 90.8
Splatting 101
78% 94.8 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.1%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
619GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 110 101 93 105 113 100 MB/s
Performing as expected (56th percentile)
63.2% Good
Read 116
Write 106
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 104
63% 87.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.5
114% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 63.2%
Great: 75%
Sony Storage Media 8GB
5GB free, PID 02a5
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 4.3 5.5 12 12 12 12 MB/s
Performing above expectations (80th percentile)
7.01% Terrible
Read 24.3
Write 12
Mixed 10
SusWrite 9.6
17% 14 MB/s
4K Read 5.9
4K Write 0
4K Mixed 1.1
59% 2.33 MB/s
Poor: 3%
This bench: 7.01%
Great: 9%
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)
74.4% Very good
MC Read 29.2
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 22.3
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 14.9
SC Write 25.2
SC Mixed 22
59% 20.7 GB/s
Latency 69.9
57% 69.9 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 74.4%
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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