Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 19%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 77%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 17%
Surfboard
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
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 74.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics14.9% 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 Drive72.1% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170705
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateApr 13 '21 at 02:40
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd 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)
74.2% Very good
Memory 82
1-Core 106
2-Core 203
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 359
8-Core 512
55% 436 Pts
64-Core 526
33% 526 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 74.2%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 465.89
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
14.9% Very poor
Lighting 0.2
Reflection 120
Parallax 0.3
0% 40 fps
MRender 91.2
Gravity 91.8
Splatting 0.1
44% 61 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 14.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
72GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012
SusWrite @10s intervals: 112 88 95 96 91 94 MB/s
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
72.1% Very good
Read 465
Write 248
Mixed 218
SusWrite 95.9
57% 257 MB/s
4K Read 28.7
4K Write 57.9
4K Mixed 31.3
114% 39.3 MB/s
DQ Read 341
DQ Write 219
DQ Mixed 199
170% 253 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 72.1%
Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
931GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 121 119 121 119 120 120 MB/s
Relative performance n/a - drive id incomplete or inconclusive
Read 125
Write 118
Mixed 23.2
SusWrite 120
70% 96.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 36% Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
77.9% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.8
MC Mixed 22.8
79% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 17.1
SC Write 31.5
SC Mixed 23.5
69% 24 GB/s
Latency 76.8
52% 76.8 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 77.9%
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%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat

System: Alienware 17 R4

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