Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 61%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 51%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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 70.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics79.4% 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 Drive181% is an exceptional SSD score. This drive is suitable for heavy workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and allow for fast transfers of multi-gigabyte files.
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 (21%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory10.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime6.9 Days
Run DateApr 19 '19 at 20:33
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 21%

 PC Performing as expected (60th 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 (99th percentile)
70.4% Very good
Memory 83.2
1-Core 89.4
2-Core 164
67% 112 Pts
4-Core 311
8-Core 501
50% 406 Pts
64-Core 498
31% 498 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.4%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0775) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
79.4% Very good
Lighting 98.8
Reflection 118
Parallax 99.9
80% 105 fps
MRender 84
Gravity 93.7
Splatting 102
77% 93.1 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 79.4%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Adata XPG SX8200 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$73
182GB free (System drive)
Firmware: R0906B Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 805 460 507 491 486 523 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
181% Outstanding
Read 1,965
Write 1054
Mixed 1,096
SusWrite 545
258% 1,165 MB/s
4K Read 46.7
4K Write 62.4
4K Mixed 52.6
171% 53.9 MB/s
DQ Read 516
DQ Write 207
DQ Mixed 326
251% 350 MB/s
Poor: 147%
This bench: 181%
Great: 311%
Adata SP600NS34 256GB
129GB free
Firmware: 5.8f
SusWrite @10s intervals: 302 284 305 302 290 290 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
59.6% Above average
Read 366
Write 297
Mixed 219
SusWrite 296
66% 294 MB/s
4K Read 14.4
4K Write 52.8
4K Mixed 20.2
76% 29.1 MB/s
DQ Read 85.6
DQ Write 76.1
DQ Mixed 49.4
46% 70.4 MB/s
Poor: 59%
This bench: 59.6%
Great: 94%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
805GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 134 125 137 136 130 138 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
77.6% Very good
Read 138
Write 136
Mixed 21.8
SusWrite 133
77% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 0.5
4K Mixed 0.4
83% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 77.6%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 8ATF1G64HZ-2G6B1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing as expected (47th percentile)
76.7% Very good
MC Read 29.7
MC Write 30.2
MC Mixed 23.3
79% 27.7 GB/s
SC Read 15.3
SC Write 28.2
SC Mixed 20.8
61% 21.4 GB/s
Latency 74.8
54% 74.8 ns
Poor: 63%
This bench: 76.7%
Great: 83%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,679 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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