Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 79%
Battleship
Desktop
Desktop 81%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 69%
Battle cruiser
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (64th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 36 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 75.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics102% is an outstanding 3D score, it's the bee's knees. This GPU can handle almost all 3D games at very high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive98% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
High background CPU (30%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory23.6 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit couleurs, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit couleurs
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180509
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJul 11 '18 at 23:38
Run Duration124 Seconds
Run User MAR-User
Background CPU 30%

 PC Performing above expectations (64th 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 3.9 GHz (avg)
Performing above expectations (82nd percentile)
75.3% Very good
Memory 80.2
1-Core 100
2-Core 213
74% 131 Pts
4-Core 379
8-Core 644
62% 512 Pts
64-Core 633
39% 633 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 75.3%
Great: 82%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1080 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 07C2) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2502 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 398.36
Performing way above expectations (85th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Lighting 130
Reflection 143
Parallax 133
106% 135 fps
MRender 113
Gravity 128
Splatting 107
94% 116 fps
Poor: 66%
This bench: 102%
Great: 104%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD Blue SATA M.2 1TB-$77
687GB free (System drive)
Firmware: X41000WD
SusWrite @10s intervals: 384 322 301 301 298 269 MB/s
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
98% Outstanding
Read 471
Write 449
Mixed 326
SusWrite 312
88% 390 MB/s
4K Read 33.7
4K Write 84.2
4K Mixed 41.1
148% 53 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 289
DQ Mixed 240
202% 295 MB/s
Poor: 63%
This bench: 98%
Great: 108%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
224GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 97 96 96 96 97 98 MB/s
Performing below expectations (32nd percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 77.2
Mixed 22.3
SusWrite 96.6
52% 71.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
124% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA82GS6AFR8N-UH 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (35th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
73.9% Very good
MC Read 26.8
MC Write 29.1
MC Mixed 24.1
76% 26.7 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 28.4
SC Mixed 21
60% 21.1 GB/s
Latency 80.2
50% 80.2 ns
Poor: 52%
This bench: 73.9%
Great: 82%

 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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