Alienware 14

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 72%
Battleship
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
ProcessorWith a brilliant single core score, this CPU is the business: It demolishes everyday tasks such as web browsing, office apps and audio/video playback. Additionally this processor can handle light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 80.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very good.
Graphics7.71% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
SystemAlienware 14  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 07MJ2Y
Memory12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20140423
Uptime0 Days
Run DateAug 10 '17 at 16:56
Run Duration608 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU2%

 PC Performing way above expectations (92nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4810MQ-$400
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
80.8% Excellent
Memory 91
1-Core 109
2-Core 214
79% 138 Pts
4-Core 381
8-Core 545
58% 463 Pts
64-Core 542
34% 542 Pts
Poor: 33%
This bench: 80.8%
Great: 75%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 765M
Dell(1028 05A9) 2GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 22.21.13.8494
Relative performance (0th percentile)
7.71% Terrible
Lighting 14.3
Reflection 14
Parallax 17.4
12% 15.2 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 7.71%
Great: 14%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Toshiba MQ01ABF050 500GB-$32
375GB free (System drive)
Firmware: AM0B1J Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (86th percentile)
56% Above average
Read 95.5
Write 99.9
Mixed 89.9
72% 95.1 MB/s
4K Read 0.41
4K Write 1.45
4K Mixed 0.17
63% 0.68 MB/s
Poor: 21%
This bench: 56%
Great: 60%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GB
2 of 2 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
57% Above average
MC Read 21.1
MC Write 20.7
MC Mixed 16.8
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 15.5
SC Write 19.3
SC Mixed 18.5
51% 17.8 GB/s
Latency 65.7
61% 65.7 ns
Poor: 40%
This bench: 57%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 14 Builds (Compare 616 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 14

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