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Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 4%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 31%
Sail boat
Workstation
Workstation 4%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing below expectations (22nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 78 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 34.1%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics0.45% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive53.1% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.
Very high background CPU (82%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04WT2G
Memory9.5 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateDec 26 '22 at 02:21
Run Duration183 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 82%

 PC Performing below expectations (22nd percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$36
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (7th percentile)
34.1% Below average
Memory 58.1
1-Core 16.3
2-Core 31.2
27% 35.2 Pts
4-Core 57.7
8-Core 93.8
9% 75.8 Pts
64-Core 100
6% 100 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 34.1%
Great: 73%
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
Relative performance (0th percentile)
0.45% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 11.9
Parallax 0.9
0% 4.43 fps
MRender 1.1
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.6
0% 0.67 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 0.45%
Great: 3%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 870 EVO 1TB-$98
622GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SVT02B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 365 342 380 388 388 374 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
53.1% Above average
Read 377
Write 285
Mixed 248
SusWrite 373
72% 321 MB/s
4K Read 8.1
4K Write 11.6
4K Mixed 10.4
32% 10 MB/s
DQ Read 131
DQ Write 108
DQ Mixed 77.5
69% 105 MB/s
Poor: 82%
This bench: 53.1%
Great: 137%
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB
10GB free
Firmware: MD1H
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 179 197 198 179 168 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
37.4% Below average
Read 330
Write 165
Mixed 176
SusWrite 185
48% 214 MB/s
4K Read 7.4
4K Write 10.3
4K Mixed 7.1
26% 8.27 MB/s
DQ Read 101
DQ Write 125
DQ Mixed 101
80% 109 MB/s
Poor: 37%
This bench: 37.4%
Great: 65%
MQ01ABD100 1TB
903GB free
Firmware: XAP0
SusWrite @10s intervals: 104 101 109 103 105 97 MB/s
Performing way above expectations (94th percentile)
60.6% Good
Read 108
Write 110
Mixed 34
SusWrite 103
64% 88.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.5
4K Mixed 0.6
111% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 26%
This bench: 60.6%
Great: 63%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (2nd percentile)
34.7% Below average
MC Read 13.3
MC Write 12.7
MC Mixed 13.7
38% 13.2 GB/s
SC Read 5.4
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 6.7
16% 5.57 GB/s
Latency 133
30% 133 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 34.7%
Great: 58%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,180 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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