Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 6%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 37%
Jet ski
Workstation
Workstation 6%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (38th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 62 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 38.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics4.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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
Memory11.9 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime1.1 Days
Run DateDec 09 '20 at 23:15
Run Duration169 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU10%

 PC Performing below expectations (38th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (9th percentile)
38.6% Below average
Memory 62.3
1-Core 21.7
2-Core 35.6
30% 39.9 Pts
4-Core 83.4
8-Core 117
13% 100 Pts
64-Core 120
7% 120 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 38.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463
Performing way above expectations (100th percentile)
4.45% Terrible
Lighting 5.7
Reflection 6.9
Parallax 6.8
5% 6.47 fps
MRender 7.9
Gravity 2.4
Splatting 4.9
4% 5.07 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 4.45%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Ssdmceaw080a4 m 11GB
10GB free
Firmware: GLi6
SusWrite @10s intervals: 79 86 92 92 89 92 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (19th percentile)
40.6% Average
Read 409
Write 99.7
Mixed 138
SusWrite 88.1
40% 184 MB/s
4K Read 17
4K Write 22.4
4K Mixed 15.3
57% 18.2 MB/s
DQ Read 33.5
DQ Write 24.7
DQ Mixed 17.4
16% 25.2 MB/s
Poor: 39%
This bench: 40.6%
Great: 60%
MQ01ABD100 1TB
792GB free (System drive)
Firmware: XAP0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 96 81 73 98 84 94 MB/s
Performing as expected (58th percentile)
50.5% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 87.7
Mixed 31
SusWrite 87.8
54% 73.7 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 1.4
4K Mixed 0.6
113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 50.5%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (6th percentile)
41.7% Average
MC Read 15.4
MC Write 17.2
MC Mixed 16
46% 16.2 GB/s
SC Read 6.1
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 6.8
17% 5.83 GB/s
Latency 121
33% 121 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 41.7%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,145 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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