Alienware 17

Performance Results

 
Gaming
Gaming 13%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 66%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 12%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (55th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 45 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 69.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics11% 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 Drive77.3% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04WT2G
Memory26.9 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colores
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20190722
Uptime3.5 Days
Run DateMar 27 '20 at 15:51
Run Duration139 Seconds
Run User ARG-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing as expected (55th 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (90th percentile)
69.7% Good
Memory 71.2
1-Core 76.7
2-Core 192
63% 113 Pts
4-Core 371
8-Core 506
56% 438 Pts
64-Core 499
31% 499 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 69.7%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 880M
Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB
CLim: 993 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 425.31
Relative performance (0th percentile) - GPU OC Guide
11% Very poor
Lighting 10.2
Reflection 11.7
Parallax 21.7
8% 14.5 fps
MRender 15.5
Gravity 17.1
Splatting 24.9
16% 19.1 fps
Poor: 17%
This bench: 11%
Great: 42%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Samsung 850 EVO mSATA 500GB
267GB free (System drive)
Firmware: EMT41B6Q
SusWrite @10s intervals: 380 396 389 377 384 377 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (17th percentile)
77.3% Very good
Read 383
Write 371
Mixed 316
SusWrite 384
82% 364 MB/s
4K Read 23.1
4K Write 34.1
4K Mixed 19.7
78% 25.6 MB/s
DQ Read 323
DQ Write 342
DQ Mixed 356
261% 340 MB/s
Poor: 64%
This bench: 77.3%
Great: 128%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$58
464GB free
Firmware: AX001A
SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 88 88 90 MB/s
Performing below expectations (29th percentile)
40.5% Average
Read 52.6
Write 59.3
Mixed 25.3
SusWrite 88.5
41% 56.4 MB/s
4K Read 0.4
4K Write 1.3
4K Mixed 0.5
96% 0.73 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 40.5%
Great: 62%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47
496GB free
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 87 87 88 88 87 89 MB/s
Performing above expectations (68th percentile)
50.6% Above average
Read 88.3
Write 87.9
Mixed 50.3
SusWrite 87.7
58% 78.6 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 2.1
4K Mixed 0.7
138% 1.1 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 50.6%
Great: 62%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Kingston HyperX DDR3 1600 C9 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing above expectations (70th percentile)
58.4% Above average
MC Read 21.9
MC Write 21.9
MC Mixed 18.8
60% 20.9 GB/s
SC Read 14
SC Write 18.3
SC Mixed 20
50% 17.4 GB/s
Latency 98.6
41% 98.6 ns
Poor: 46%
This bench: 58.4%
Great: 61%

 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

EDIT WITH CUSTOM PC BUILDER Value: 63% - Good Total price: $209
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