Alienware alienware

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU
Gaming 0% Incomplete	Desktop 0% Incomplete	Workstation 0% Incomplete


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (37th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 63 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.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 43.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Boot Drive	56.7% is a reasonable SSD score. This drive enables fast boots and responsive applications.
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.

Very high background CPU (52%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

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System	Alienware alienware (all builds)
Motherboard	alienware alienware
Memory	6.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 0.8 GHz
Display	1280 x 1024 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20080122
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Jul 11 '18 at 21:00
Run Duration	169 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	52%

PC Performing below expectations (37^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core2 Duo E6850-$57 4,150 User benchmarks, average bench 40% Socket 775, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 2 threads Base clock 3 GHz, turbo 2.95 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (91^st percentile)	43.7% Average	Memory 76.6 1-Core 34.1 2-Core 65.8 41% 58.8 Pts	4-Core 66.8 8-Core 66.9 9% 66.9 Pts	64-Core 60.9 4% 60.9 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 43.7% Great: 45%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GeForce 8800 GT 5,568 User benchmarks, average bench 6% Nvidia(10DE 053C) 512MB Ram: 512MB, Driver: 342.1 Relative performance n/a - atypical extreme
Poor: 5% Great: 7%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 960GB-$300 2,857 User benchmarks, average bench 94% 802GB free (System drive) Firmware: X212 SusWrite @10s intervals: 106 162 189 201 203 199 MB/s Performing below potential (3^rd percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	56.7% Above average	Read 247 Write 202 Mixed 158 SusWrite 177 44% 196 MB/s	4K Read 27.2 4K Write 50.7 4K Mixed 30.6 107% 36.2 MB/s	DQ Read 32.8 DQ Write 90.6 DQ Mixed 39.2 36% 54.2 MB/s
Poor: 67% ↑ This bench: 56.7% Great: 114%
Samsung 840 Seri 250GB 11 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 141GB free Firmware: DXT0 SusWrite @10s intervals: 35 44 45 74 62 37 MB/s Relative performance (0^th percentile) - Ensure that this drive is connected to a SATA 3.0 port with a SATA 3.0 cable	25.2% Poor	Read 62.8 Write 45 Mixed 61.1 SusWrite 49.4 12% 54.6 MB/s	4K Read 17.5 4K Write 39.1 4K Mixed 11 61% 22.5 MB/s	DQ Read 24.9 DQ Write 50 DQ Mixed 23 22% 32.6 MB/s
Poor: 47% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 57%
Seagate ST3500641AS 500GB-$76 1,952 User benchmarks, average bench 26% 460GB free Firmware: 3.AD SusWrite @10s intervals: 36 42 41 42 36 31 MB/s Performing as expected (45^th percentile)	25.1% Poor	Read 49.3 Write 44.4 Mixed 35.7 SusWrite 38.1 31% 41.9 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 0.6 4K Mixed 0.5 88% 0.53 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 25.1% Great: 33%
Kingston DataTraveler 100 G3 USB 3.0 64GB-$12 26,708 User benchmarks, average bench 18% 28GB free, PID 1666 Operating at USB 2.1 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 6.5 8.8 14 12 14 13 MB/s Performing way below expectations (19^th percentile)	8.82% Terrible	Read 34.9 Write 26.4 Mixed 14.2 SusWrite 11.5 27% 21.8 MB/s	4K Read 5.3 4K Write 0 4K Mixed 0 20% 1.77 MB/s
Poor: 6% ↑ This bench: 8.82% Great: 30%

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 (29^th percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	17.8% Very poor	MC Read 6 MC Write 5.4 MC Mixed 4.7 15% 5.37 GB/s	SC Read 5.1 SC Write 4.2 SC Mixed 5.1 14% 4.8 GB/s	Latency 87.2 46% 87.2 ns
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 17.8% 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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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 $279	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $134	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $184	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	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