Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 53%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 46%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (42nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 58 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 68.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics79.2% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0KY0N5
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170210
Uptime0.5 Days
Run DateDec 07 '17 at 16:33
Run Duration91 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing as expected (42nd percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-6820HK
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 3.25 GHz (avg)
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
68.5% Good
Memory 78.4
1-Core 101
2-Core 185
70% 121 Pts
4-Core 316
8-Core 561
53% 439 Pts
64-Core 557
34% 557 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 68.5%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8514
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
79.2% Very good
Lighting 102
Reflection 110
Parallax 94
83% 102 fps
MRender 83.9
Gravity 84.4
Splatting 90.7
71% 86.3 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.2%
Great: 82%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
13GB free (System drive)
Firmware: JB0OA3W0 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)
48.4% Average
Read 94.4
Write 74.4
Mixed 88.1
65% 85.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.32
4K Write 1.44
4K Mixed 0.2
62% 0.65 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 48.4%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6MFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (6th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
57.8% Above average
MC Read 23.7
MC Write 19.4
MC Mixed 17.8
58% 20.3 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 19.9
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 83.7
48% 83.7 ns
Poor: 58%
This bench: 57.8%
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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