Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 8%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 35%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (15th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 85 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
ProcessorWith an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics11.7% is a very low 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can only handle very basic 3D games but it's fine for general computing tasks.
Boot DriveThe boot partition is located on a mechanical or hybrid drive. Moving the system to an SSD will yield far faster boot times, better system responsiveness and faster application load times.
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  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 068R5X
Memory29.4 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJan 27 '21 at 21:47
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU5%

 PC Performing way below expectations (15th percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
28.8% Poor
Memory 42
1-Core 23.5
2-Core 39.5
24% 35 Pts
4-Core 85.7
8-Core 122
13% 104 Pts
64-Core 126
8% 126 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 28.8%
Great: 78%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M
Dell(1028 05AE) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 849 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 4GB, Driver: 391.35
Relative performance (0th percentile)
11.7% Very poor
Lighting 13.9
Reflection 12.9
Parallax 19.7
11% 15.5 fps
MRender 14.3
Gravity 17.4
Splatting 13.7
12% 15.1 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 11.7%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit LMT-256M6M mSATA 256GB
237GB free
Firmware: DM8110F
SusWrite @10s intervals: 342 335 332 343 337 340 MB/s
Performing below expectations (26th percentile)
63.6% Good
Read 396
Write 332
Mixed 228
SusWrite 338
73% 324 MB/s
4K Read 17.3
4K Write 27
4K Mixed 18.1
64% 20.8 MB/s
DQ Read 177
DQ Write 157
DQ Mixed 134
109% 156 MB/s
Poor: 53%
This bench: 63.6%
Great: 88%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65
434GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 49 90 81 74 88 95 MB/s
Performing below expectations (28th percentile)
45.5% Average
Read 78.9
Write 99.4
Mixed 39.5
SusWrite 79.6
54% 74.3 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.9
146% 0.97 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 45.5%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
42.4% Average
MC Read 16.7
MC Write 17.5
MC Mixed 16.4
48% 16.9 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 5
SC Mixed 7
17% 6.03 GB/s
Latency 193
21% 193 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 42.4%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,145 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 7%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 55%
Gunboat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $209
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