Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 58%
Gunboat
Desktop
Desktop 80%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 50%
Yacht
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (67th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 33 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 70.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics76.4% 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 Drive43% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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 (11%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory12.3 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20200723
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateJun 10 '21 at 18:02
Run Duration177 Seconds
Run User PER-User
Background CPU 11%

 PC Performing above expectations (67th 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)
70.9% Very good
Memory 82.7
1-Core 108
2-Core 203
75% 132 Pts
4-Core 319
8-Core 522
51% 421 Pts
64-Core 522
32% 522 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 70.9%
Great: 69%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 27.21.14.6109
Performing above expectations (81st percentile)
76.4% Very good
Lighting 95.2
Reflection 115
Parallax 100
78% 103 fps
MRender 89.7
Gravity 91.9
Splatting 90.3
74% 90.6 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 76.4%
Great: 82%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 128GB
23GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 46 40 30 10 15 30 MB/s
Performing below potential (9th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable
43% Average
Read 180
Write 108
Mixed 63.7
SusWrite 28.6
21% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 25
4K Write 38
4K Mixed 20.3
84% 27.8 MB/s
DQ Read 328
DQ Write 58.4
DQ Mixed 64.9
80% 150 MB/s
Poor: 38%
This bench: 43%
Great: 102%
Kingston A400 240GB-$28
218GB free
Firmware: SBFK71B1
SusWrite @10s intervals: 214 51 50 50 51 51 MB/s
Performing as expected (48th percentile)
63% Good
Read 432
Write 273
Mixed 307
SusWrite 78.1
60% 272 MB/s
4K Read 24.6
4K Write 55.4
4K Mixed 23.6
97% 34.5 MB/s
DQ Read 232
DQ Write 293
DQ Mixed 162
150% 229 MB/s
Poor: 33%
This bench: 63%
Great: 100%
Kingston DataTraveler 2.0 32GB
11GB free, PID 1665
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.4 4.2 5.8 7.3 6.7 MB/s
Performing above expectations (72nd percentile)
7.33% Terrible
Read 17.4
Write 4.7
Mixed 13.7
SusWrite 6
13% 10.4 MB/s
4K Read 4.4
4K Write 0.8
4K Mixed 1.3
88% 2.17 MB/s
Poor: 4%
This bench: 7.33%
Great: 9%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown HMA81GS6AFR8N-UH 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing way above expectations (95th percentile)
78% Very good
MC Read 29.9
MC Write 30.5
MC Mixed 23.1
80% 27.8 GB/s
SC Read 16
SC Write 32.6
SC Mixed 22.4
68% 23.7 GB/s
Latency 75.6
53% 75.6 ns
Poor: 47%
This bench: 78%
Great: 78%

 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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