Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 63%
Destroyer
Desktop
Desktop 79%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 53%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (54th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 46 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 72.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics81.9% 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 Drive72.3% 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.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory11.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20170314
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateMay 26 '17 at 07:12
Run Duration127 Seconds
Run User GUM-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing as expected (54th 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 (100th percentile)
72.2% Very good
Memory 84.8
1-Core 95.7
2-Core 187
71% 122 Pts
4-Core 322
8-Core 526
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 72.2%
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: 382.5
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
81.9% Excellent
Lighting 100
Reflection 119
Parallax 93.3
82% 104 fps
MRender 97.7
Gravity 96.5
Splatting 105
82% 99.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 81.9%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Pro 512GB-$210
75GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EXM04B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
72.3% Very good
Read 501
Write 325
Mixed 426
93% 417 MB/s
4K Read 27.6
4K Write 64.7
4K Mixed 20.2
102% 37.5 MB/s
DQ Read 29.4
DQ Write 68.2
DQ Mixed 116
69% 71.2 MB/s
Poor: 71%
This bench: 72.3%
Great: 124%
Samsung 850 EVO M.2 250GB
40GB free
Firmware: EMT21B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (16th percentile)
88.9% Excellent
Read 488
Write 388
Mixed 404
95% 427 MB/s
4K Read 32.4
4K Write 61
4K Mixed 35.8
127% 43.1 MB/s
DQ Read 35.7
DQ Write 250
DQ Mixed 22.6
53% 103 MB/s
Poor: 73%
This bench: 88.9%
Great: 122%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
EDB53616 CT8G4SFD8213.C16FBD1 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz
Relative performance n/a - insufficient samples
73.7% Very good
MC Read 26.9
MC Write 28.7
MC Mixed 23.6
75% 26.4 GB/s
SC Read 13.9
SC Write 27.2
SC Mixed 22.5
61% 21.2 GB/s
Latency 72.1
56% 72.1 ns
Poor: 74%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 75%

 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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