Alienware alienware

Performance Results


Gaming 7% Tree trunk	Desktop 49% Yacht	Workstation 6% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (61st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 39 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Processor	With an average single core score, this CPU can handle browsing the web, email, video playback and the majority of general computing tasks including light gaming when coupled with an appropriate GPU. Finally, with a gaming score of 50.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is average.
Graphics	8.4% 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 Drive	33.8% is low SSD score. With a better SSD this system will boot faster, make applications more responsive and reduce IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware alienware (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	6.4 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080122
Uptime	0.2 Days
Run Date	May 21 '18 at 08:52
Run Duration	120 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (61^st percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Quad-$90 5,765 User benchmarks, average bench 43% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.65 GHz, turbo 2.65 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	50.6% Above average	Memory 80.6 1-Core 31 2-Core 61.4 41% 57.7 Pts	4-Core 123 8-Core 121 16% 122 Pts	64-Core 120 7% 120 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 50.6% Great: 49%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 9800 GTX 3,983 User benchmarks, average bench 8% XFX(1682 2373) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Performing above expectations (82^nd percentile)	8.4% Terrible	Lighting 11.6 Reflection 10.2 Parallax 3.97 10% 8.59 fps	MRender 8.67 Gravity 8.33 Splatting 6.74 6% 7.91 fps
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.4% Great: 8%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
PNY CS90 0 120GB SSD 423 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 93GB free (System drive) Firmware: CS90 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below potential (5^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	33.8% Below average	Read 226 Write 103 Mixed 191 38% 173 MB/s	4K Read 20.1 4K Write 35.7 4K Mixed 7.22 59% 21 MB/s	DQ Read 26.1 DQ Write 54.7 DQ Mixed 7.14 15% 29.3 MB/s
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 33.8% Great: 86%
Seagate ST3750528AS 750GB-$65 22,230 User benchmarks, average bench 49% 672GB free Firmware: CC38 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	65.7% Good	Read 112 Write 117 Mixed 109 85% 113 MB/s	4K Read 0.83 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.49 117% 0.94 MB/s
Poor: 27% ↑ This bench: 65.7% Great: 65%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown 4x2GB 183,252 User benchmarks, average bench 25% 4 of 4 slots used 8GB DIMM DRAM Performing below potential (23^rd percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	16.7% Very poor	MC Read 5 MC Write 4.6 MC Mixed 4.2 13% 4.6 GB/s	SC Read 6.2 SC Write 4.6 SC Mixed 5.3 15% 5.37 GB/s	Latency 79.4 50% 79.4 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.7% Great: 45%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming 4%

Tree trunk

Desktop 52%

Yacht

Workstation 4%

Tree trunk

System: Alienware alienware

CPU
Core2 Quad Q9550Intel $161Bench 49%, 34,093 samples	5x
Core2 QuadIntel $90Bench 43%, 5,765 samples	3x
Core2 Quad Q6600Intel $100Bench 42%, 59,658 samples	3x

GPU
GTX 460Nvidia $203Bench 12%, 31,648 samples	2x
Radeon HD 4870-X2 (Crossfire Disabled)ATIBench 7%, 438 samples	2x
GeForce GTX 555NvidiaBench 11%, 717 samples	2x

SSD
Sol id State Dis 512GBSpccBench 52%, 11 samples	4x
M500 240GBCrucial $54Bench 77%, 31,779 samples	3x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	2x

RAM
2x2GBUnknownBench 20%, 446,702 samples	6x
4x2GBUnknownBench 25%, 183,252 samples	5x
2x4GBUnknownBench 39%, 424,126 samples	4x

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Value: 33% - Below average

Total price: $364

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $131	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16