Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 42%
Speed boat
Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (10th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 90 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 a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics11.9% 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 7 is still a viable option, it's now 14 years and 8 months old. This system should be upgraded to Windows 10 which is generally faster and has an improved set of core utilities including better versions of explorer and task manager.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 068R5X
Memory9.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20131025
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateApr 14 '18 at 05:10
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU8%

 PC Performing way below expectations (10th 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
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
37% Below average
Memory 60.3
1-Core 23.8
2-Core 47.1
31% 43.7 Pts
4-Core 75.9
8-Core 123
12% 99.7 Pts
64-Core 124
8% 124 Pts
Poor: 44%
This bench: 37%
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)
11.9% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 13.2
Parallax 13.7
12% 13.8 fps
MRender 14.7
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 12.8
12% 14.9 fps
Poor: 18%
This bench: 11.9%
Great: 25%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel SSDMCEAW0 11GB
10GB free
Firmware: GLi7
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
38.9% Below average
Read 421
Write 77.2
Mixed 133
45% 210 MB/s
4K Read 13.6
4K Write 29.8
4K Mixed 7.81
46% 17.1 MB/s
DQ Read 77.9
DQ Write 92.7
DQ Mixed 25.9
36% 65.5 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 38.9%
Great: 59%
Intel Raid 0 Volume 2TB
1.5TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
110% Outstanding
Read 188
Write 194
Mixed 159
135% 181 MB/s
4K Read 0.11
4K Write 3.93
4K Mixed 0.35
117% 1.47 MB/s
Poor: 75%
This bench: 110%
Great: 213%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
42.5% Average
MC Read 16.1
MC Write 17.2
MC Mixed 16.6
48% 16.6 GB/s
SC Read 5.6
SC Write 4.7
SC Mixed 6.8
16% 5.7 GB/s
Latency 127
32% 127 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 42.5%
Great: 57%

 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

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