Alienware 17 R4

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 48%
Yacht
Desktop
Desktop 74%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 41%
Speed boat
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (49th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 51 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 66.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics65% is a good 3D score. This GPU can handle the majority of recent games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive126% 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.
High background CPU (24%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
Run History
3 years ago, 3 years ago.
SystemAlienware 17 R4  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware Alienware 17 R4
Memory25.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 2.4 GHz
Display3840 x 2160 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1200 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180910
Uptime0.9 Days
Run DateOct 29 '20 at 02:11
Run Duration125 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU 24%

 PC Performing as expected (49th 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
66.7% Good
Memory 76.5
1-Core 80.1
2-Core 165
62% 107 Pts
4-Core 307
8-Core 503
49% 405 Pts
64-Core 538
33% 538 Pts
Poor: 50%
This bench: 66.7%
Great: 82%
Graphics Cards Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 1070 (Mobile)
Dell(1028 0776) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 1911 MHz, MLim: 2002 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 431.53
Performing below potential (15th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
65% Good
Lighting 78.6
Reflection 95.5
Parallax 74.4
64% 82.8 fps
MRender 78.8
Gravity 79.3
Splatting 85.5
67% 81.2 fps
Poor: 48%
This bench: 65%
Great: 82%
Intel HD 530 (Mobile Skylake)
Dell(1028 0776) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4549
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
5.76% Terrible
Lighting 6.13
Reflection 8.81
Parallax 5.91
5% 6.95 fps
MRender 6.9
Gravity 5.37
Splatting 12.6
7% 8.29 fps
Poor: 3%
This bench: 5.76%
Great: 6%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Nvme PC300 SK hy 512GB
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 20005A00 Max speed: PCIe 16,000 MB/s
SusWrite @10s intervals: 529 426 426 413 410 400 MB/s
Performing as expected (43rd percentile)
126% Outstanding
Read 887
Write 607
Mixed 495
SusWrite 434
135% 606 MB/s
4K Read 29.7
4K Write 81.2
4K Mixed 33.5
131% 48.1 MB/s
DQ Read 663
DQ Write 429
DQ Mixed 569
418% 553 MB/s
Poor: 84%
This bench: 126%
Great: 167%
HGST Travelstar 7K1000 2.5" 1TB
925GB free
Firmware: JB0OA3W0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 132 132 133 131 133 135 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (98th percentile)
77.9% Very good
Read 139
Write 129
Mixed 26.3
SusWrite 132
77% 107 MB/s
4K Read 0.6
4K Write 1.8
4K Mixed 0.6
125% 1 MB/s
Poor: 35%
This bench: 77.9%
Great: 75%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Unknown 16ATF2G64HZ-2G3B1 2x16GB
2 of 2 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2400 MHz
Performing below potential (7th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP
66.6% Good
MC Read 24.2
MC Write 26.7
MC Mixed 22.2
70% 24.4 GB/s
SC Read 12.6
SC Write 22.2
SC Mixed 17.4
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 87.2
46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 67%
This bench: 66.6%
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 2,672 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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