Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 11%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 9%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (59th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 41 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 73.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics11.5% 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.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 0MPYM4
Memory13.7 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20140924
Uptime0 Days
Run DateOct 13 '17 at 21:56
Run Duration86 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU1%

 PC Performing as expected (59th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
73.7% Very good
Memory 84.1
1-Core 96.9
2-Core 191
72% 124 Pts
4-Core 342
8-Core 511
53% 427 Pts
64-Core 513
32% 513 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 73.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
AMD R9 M290X
Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB
Ram: 4GB, Driver: 17.10.1
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
11.5% Very poor
Lighting 14.5
Reflection 12.8
Parallax 19.1
12% 15.5 fps
MRender 10
Gravity 13.3
Splatting 15.7
11% 13 fps
Poor: 12%
This bench: 11.5%
Great: 27%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate Laptop Thin SSHD 2.5" 500GB-$30
124GB free (System drive)
Firmware: DEM9 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (51st percentile)
47% Average
Read 84.1
Write 78.1
Mixed 82.2
62% 81.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 5.37
4K Mixed 0.41
167% 2.1 MB/s
Poor: 18%
This bench: 47%
Great: 64%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (84th percentile)
56.1% Above average
MC Read 21
MC Write 21.1
MC Mixed 16.4
56% 19.5 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 17.5
SC Mixed 19.1
48% 16.9 GB/s
Latency 73.4
54% 73.4 ns
Poor: 42%
This bench: 56.1%
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

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