Alienware 14

Performance Results


Gaming 3% Tree trunk	Desktop 20% Surfboard	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way below expectations (12th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 88 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 18.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is terrible.
Graphics	0.32% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	25.2% 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	Windows 10 is the most recent version of Windows, and the best to date in our opinion.

Run History

17 months ago, 17 months ago, 14 months ago.

System	Alienware 14 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 07MJ2Y
Memory	4.3 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1366 x 768 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131016
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 24 '19 at 18:55
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing way below expectations (12^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i5-4200M-$39 26,694 User benchmarks, average bench 56% U3E1, 1 CPU, 2 cores, 4 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	18.9% Very poor	Memory 30.5 1-Core 17.7 2-Core 31 18% 26.4 Pts	4-Core 43.4 8-Core 46.5 6% 45 Pts	64-Core 43.8 3% 43.8 Pts
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 18.9% Great: 65%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05A9) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4531 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	0.32% Terrible	Lighting 0.4 Reflection 9.04 Parallax 0.59 0% 3.34 fps	MRender 0.81 Gravity 0.3 Splatting 1 0% 0.7 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 0.32% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
TO Exter nal USB 3.0 960GB 25 User benchmarks, average bench 58% 812GB free (System drive) Firmware: 0204 SusWrite @10s intervals: 114 120 110 115 115 153 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 201 Write 191 Mixed 12.7 SusWrite 121 29% 131 MB/s	4K Read 7.3 4K Write 13.4 4K Mixed 8 28% 9.57 MB/s	DQ Read 24.2 DQ Write 21.4 DQ Mixed 22 17% 22.5 MB/s
Poor: 43% ↑ This bench: 25.2% Great: 78%
HGST Travelstar 7K750 2.5" 750GB-$64 12,468 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 600GB free Firmware: JF4OA100 SusWrite @10s intervals: 58 60 60 62 62 61 MB/s Performing below expectations (32^nd percentile)	45.1% Average	Read 96.7 Write 96.2 Mixed 40.6 SusWrite 60.4 54% 73.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.6 113% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 45.1% Great: 68%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GB 20,015 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 2 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (5^th percentile)	21.9% Poor	MC Read 7.5 MC Write 7.7 MC Mixed 9.6 24% 8.27 GB/s	SC Read 3.8 SC Write 3.9 SC Mixed 5.5 13% 4.4 GB/s	Latency 252 16% 252 ns
Poor: 24% ↑ This bench: 21.9% Great: 57%

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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 7%

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Desktop 61%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 14

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 65%, 51,191 samples	480x
Core i5-4200MIntel $39Bench 56%, 26,694 samples	136x
Core i5-4210MIntelBench 57%, 12,060 samples	60x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 207,246 samples	434x
GTX 765MNvidiaBench 14%, 6,845 samples	182x
GeForce GT 750MNvidiaBench 9%, 10,768 samples	164x

SSD
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $57Bench 108%, 504,559 samples	30x
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 672 samples	14x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $102Bench 113%, 381,099 samples	13x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 2x4GBHynixBench 47%, 14,570 samples	117x
HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 2x8GBHynixBench 52%, 13,675 samples	85x
M471B1G73DB0-YK0 2x8GBSamsungBench 53%, 26,099 samples	75x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $266

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-10600K $257	Nvidia RTX 3060-Ti $400	Crucial MX500 250GB $47
Intel Core i5-9600K $219	Nvidia RTX 3070 $500	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $78
Intel Core i3-10100F $120	Nvidia GTX 1660S (Super) $240	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $40

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $33	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $79	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $29	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $71	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 3TB (2016) $85	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $649	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16