Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 55%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 47%
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 70.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics77.7% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory8.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime4.5 Days
Run DateSep 15 '20 at 18:36
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 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 3.1 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
70.7% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 81.9
2-Core 161
64% 108 Pts
4-Core 316
8-Core 530
52% 423 Pts
64-Core 532
33% 532 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.7%
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: 431.53
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
77.7% Very good
Lighting 96.3
Reflection 118
Parallax 99.9
78% 105 fps
MRender 90.9
Gravity 90
Splatting 96.9
76% 92.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 77.7%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
10GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012
Relative performance n/a - sequential test incomplete
Read 443
Write 251
Mixed 175
64% 290 MB/s
4K Read 23.4
4K Write 41.6
4K Mixed 25.9
91% 30.3 MB/s
DQ Read 330
DQ Write 196
DQ Mixed 168
151% 231 MB/s
Poor: 46% Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
97GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 74 74 74 74 74 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (12th percentile)
41.4% Average
Read 70.8
Write 72.3
Mixed 19.9
SusWrite 73.4
43% 59.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
109% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 41.4%
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 (46th percentile)
70.6% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28
MC Mixed 21.1
72% 25.3 GB/s
SC Read 13.6
SC Write 25.8
SC Mixed 20.9
57% 20.1 GB/s
Latency 75.7
53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 70.6%
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 2,690 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER
The Best.
CPUGPUSSD
Intel Core i5-12600K $165Nvidia RTX 4060 $293Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-13600K $273Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i3-12100F $80Nvidia RTX 4070 $542Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $45
HDDRAMUSB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $39SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $32Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16
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