Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (71st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 29 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 68.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics80.5% 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 Drive57.5% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 0FG0DK
Memory10.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20161020
Uptime12.1 Days
Run DateApr 30 '18 at 21:39
Run Duration152 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing above expectations (71st 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 (94th percentile)
68.1% Good
Memory 78.1
1-Core 87.1
2-Core 177
66% 114 Pts
4-Core 313
8-Core 531
51% 422 Pts
64-Core 528
33% 528 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 68.1%
Great: 69%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 390.77
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.5% Excellent
Lighting 99.9
Reflection 120
Parallax 92.7
81% 104 fps
MRender 95.1
Gravity 93.5
Splatting 98.6
79% 95.7 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80.5%
Great: 82%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0776) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
6.08% Terrible
Lighting 6.13
Reflection 105
Parallax 6.75
5% 39.3 fps
MRender 8.14
Gravity 5.83
Splatting 14.2
8% 9.4 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 6.08%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Sandisk X400 M.2 2280 128GB
14GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X4130012 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
57.5% Above average
Read 458
Write 265
Mixed 336
78% 353 MB/s
4K Read 22.6
4K Write 40.1
4K Mixed 12.8
72% 25.2 MB/s
DQ Read 29.4
DQ Write 58.9
DQ Mixed 12.5
18% 33.6 MB/s
Poor: 46%
This bench: 57.5%
Great: 87%
Seagate ST1000LM044 HN-M101SAD 1TB
590GB free
Firmware: 2BD10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
71.7% Very good
Read 118
Write 132
Mixed 132
96% 127 MB/s
4K Read 0.75
4K Write 3.33
4K Mixed 0.28
124% 1.45 MB/s
Poor: 36%
This bench: 71.7%
Great: 78%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (29th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
67.8% Good
MC Read 26.7
MC Write 26.6
MC Mixed 21
71% 24.8 GB/s
SC Read 12
SC Write 21.6
SC Mixed 19.6
51% 17.7 GB/s
Latency 84.2
48% 84.2 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 67.8%
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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