Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 5%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 29%
Raft
Workstation
Workstation 5%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (9th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 91 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 26.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics2.3% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive64.7% 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.
Sub-optimal background CPU (18%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory10.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180423
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateJul 03 '18 at 14:18
Run Duration166 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 18%

 PC Performing way below expectations (9th 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 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
26.9% Poor
Memory 41.7
1-Core 21.3
2-Core 40.8
23% 34.6 Pts
4-Core 68.2
8-Core 92.6
10% 80.4 Pts
64-Core 91.6
6% 91.6 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 26.9%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0776) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
2.3% Terrible
Lighting 2.4
Reflection 44.2
Parallax 2.31
2% 16.3 fps
MRender 3.29
Gravity 2.13
Splatting 4.91
3% 3.44 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 2.3%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel 600p Series NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$119
285GB free (System drive)
Firmware: PSF109C Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 436 393 392 428 156 116 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
64.7% Good
Read 575
Write 456
Mixed 476
SusWrite 320
102% 457 MB/s
4K Read 15.2
4K Write 20.7
4K Mixed 17.3
56% 17.7 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 74.6
DQ Mixed 97.2
74% 101 MB/s
Poor: 95%
This bench: 64.7%
Great: 144%
Pc300 NVMe SK hynix 512GB
40GB free
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 599 552 624 637 647 619 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
89.8% Excellent
Read 705
Write 606
Mixed 520
SusWrite 613
137% 611 MB/s
4K Read 16.8
4K Write 22.8
4K Mixed 18.2
61% 19.3 MB/s
DQ Read 151
DQ Write 86.5
DQ Mixed 85.3
72% 108 MB/s
Poor: 80%
This bench: 89.8%
Great: 172%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
103GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 98 100 102 100 103 104 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
57.3% Above average
Read 98.5
Write 98
Mixed 22.2
SusWrite 101
58% 79.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.5
106% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-VK 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing way below expectations (1st percentile)
39.8% Below average
MC Read 13.6
MC Write 15.5
MC Mixed 17.4
44% 15.5 GB/s
SC Read 5.3
SC Write 8.3
SC Mixed 7.5
20% 7.03 GB/s
Latency 195
20% 195 ns
Poor: 55%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 84%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Gaming
Gaming 49%
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Desktop
Desktop 71%
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Workstation
Workstation 41%
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System: Alienware 17 R4

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