Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 33%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 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 29.8%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics7.72% 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 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 068R5X
Memory10.6 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20131025
Uptime12 Days
Run DateAug 28 '16 at 23:07
Run Duration131 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU0%

 PC Performing below expectations (21st percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
29.8% Poor
Memory 52.1
1-Core 8.9
2-Core 19.3
22% 26.8 Pts
4-Core 42.9
8-Core 63.6
7% 53.2 Pts
64-Core 77.9
5% 77.9 Pts
Poor: 34%
This bench: 29.8%
Great: 76%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M
Dell(1028 05AD) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6871
Relative performance (0th percentile)
7.72% Terrible
Lighting 9.53
Reflection 7.58
Parallax 9.44
8% 8.85 fps
MRender 10.6
Gravity 8.4
Splatting 9.13
8% 9.37 fps
Poor: 14%
This bench: 7.72%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB
10GB free
Firmware: 01 B
Performing below expectations (33rd percentile)
46.2% Average
Read 410
Write 204
Mixed 271
65% 295 MB/s
4K Read 15.3
4K Write 22.7
4K Mixed 8.32
46% 15.4 MB/s
DQ Read 94.5
DQ Write 86
DQ Mixed 44.8
46% 75.1 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 46.2%
Great: 65%
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$62
315GB free (System drive)
Firmware: A110
Performing as expected (41st percentile)
51.7% Above average
Read 103
Write 77.5
Mixed 101
71% 93.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.74
4K Write 1.81
4K Mixed 0.23
90% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 28%
This bench: 51.7%
Great: 71%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
39.8% Below average
MC Read 14.3
MC Write 17
MC Mixed 16.6
46% 16 GB/s
SC Read 3.7
SC Write 2.7
SC Mixed 5.8
12% 4.07 GB/s
Latency 153
26% 153 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 39.8%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,149 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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