Alienware 18

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 67%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 10%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
ProcessorWith a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 70.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics13% 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.
High background CPU (22%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 18  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 01W2J2
Memory11.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 7
BIOS Date20140924
Uptime0.6 Days
Run DateNov 29 '16 at 04:43
Run Duration141 Seconds
Run User USA-User
Background CPU 22%

 PC Performing above expectations (60th 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
Performing way above expectations (96th percentile)
70.6% Very good
Memory 82.9
1-Core 92.5
2-Core 177
69% 117 Pts
4-Core 316
8-Core 470
49% 393 Pts
64-Core 487
30% 487 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 70.6%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 765M
Dell(1028 05AB) 2GB
CLim: 901 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 355.60
Performing above expectations (75th percentile)
13% Very poor
Lighting 16.2
Reflection 14.9
Parallax 18.7
13% 16.6 fps
MRender 16.6
Gravity 15.3
Splatting 14.4
12% 15.5 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 13%
Great: 14%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 1 Volume 750GB
64GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing way below expectations (8th percentile)
25.3% Poor
Read 50
Write 38
Mixed 54.3
36% 47.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.25
4K Write 0.74
4K Mixed 0.18
44% 0.39 MB/s
Poor: 22%
This bench: 25.3%
Great: 66%
WD My Book 1TB
907GB free, PID 1100
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing as expected (52nd percentile)
18.5% Very poor
Read 38.1
Write 34
Mixed 35.4
46% 35.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 1.75
4K Mixed 0.37
74% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 18.5%
Great: 22%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Nanya NT4GC64C88B1NS-DI 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
55.2% Above average
MC Read 21.2
MC Write 20.1
MC Mixed 16.4
55% 19.2 GB/s
SC Read 14.1
SC Write 17
SC Mixed 18.3
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 75.3
53% 75.3 ns
Poor: 41%
This bench: 55.2%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 18 Builds (Compare 365 builds) See popular component choices, score breakdowns and rankings
Gaming
Gaming 21%
Surfboard
Desktop
Desktop 68%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 18%
Surfboard

System: Alienware 18

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 57% - Above average Total price: $239
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