Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 62%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Aircraft carrier
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (78th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 22 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics80.9% 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 Drive248% 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.
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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory23 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.7 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20181115
Uptime0.7 Days
Run DateAug 19 '19 at 17:33
Run Duration173 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU9%

 PC Performing above expectations (78th 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 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 77.5
1-Core 91.8
2-Core 182
67% 117 Pts
4-Core 334
8-Core 505
52% 419 Pts
64-Core 527
33% 527 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 69.7%
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: 419.72
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
80.9% Excellent
Lighting 99.2
Reflection 117
Parallax 102
81% 106 fps
MRender 94.2
Gravity 96.1
Splatting 104
81% 98.2 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 80.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 960 Pro NVMe PCIe M.2 512GB-$139
111GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1B6QCXP7 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 1045 1201 1253 1239 1064 978 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
248% Outstanding
Read 2,281
Write 1457
Mixed 812
SusWrite 1130
315% 1,420 MB/s
4K Read 43.9
4K Write 102
4K Mixed 55.5
192% 67.2 MB/s
DQ Read 708
DQ Write 589
DQ Mixed 641
482% 646 MB/s
Poor: 159%
This bench: 248%
Great: 353%
Liteon CV3-8D128-11 SATA 128GB
107GB free
Firmware: T87110D
SusWrite @10s intervals: 160 141 183 142 133 138 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
86.9% Excellent
Read 468
Write 353
Mixed 358
SusWrite 150
74% 332 MB/s
4K Read 35.6
4K Write 65.2
4K Mixed 43
144% 47.9 MB/s
DQ Read 356
DQ Write 286
DQ Mixed 286
224% 309 MB/s
Poor: 45%
This bench: 86.9%
Great: 87%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
780GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 118 113 111 119 111 118 MB/s
Performing above expectations (65th percentile)
65.3% Good
Read 112
Write 116
Mixed 24.7
SusWrite 115
66% 92 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.2
4K Mixed 0.4
96% 0.77 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 65.3%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G6E1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2667 MHz
Performing above expectations (79th percentile)
85.9% Excellent
MC Read 31.3
MC Write 35.1
MC Mixed 28.1
90% 31.5 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 33.1
SC Mixed 23.1
69% 24.1 GB/s
Latency 85.3
47% 85.3 ns
Poor: 44%
This bench: 85.9%
Great: 89%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 R4 Builds (Compare 2,669 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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