Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing GPU, SSD
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (14th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 86 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.
ProcessorWith a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 31.6%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
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.
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
Memory29.2 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180129
Uptime0 Days
Run DateMar 20 '21 at 01:21
Run Duration116 Seconds
Run User LVA-User
Background CPU7%

 PC Performing way below expectations (14th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4910MQ-$110
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.9 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (3rd percentile)
31.6% Below average
Memory 50.5
1-Core 23
2-Core 45.1
27% 39.5 Pts
4-Core 70.8
8-Core 109
11% 89.9 Pts
64-Core 121
8% 121 Pts
Poor: 41%
This bench: 31.6%
Great: 78%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 512GB
295GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
SusWrite @10s intervals: 188 191 187 187 192 187 MB/s
Performing below expectations (35th percentile)
102% Outstanding
Read 166
Write 167
Mixed 69.7
SusWrite 189
108% 148 MB/s
4K Read 1.2
4K Write 3.6
4K Mixed 1.6
294% 2.13 MB/s
Poor: 34%
This bench: 102%
Great: 293%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B1G73DB0-YK0 4x8GB
4 of 4 slots used
32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (5th percentile)
41.6% Average
MC Read 16
MC Write 16.9
MC Mixed 16.4
47% 16.4 GB/s
SC Read 5.7
SC Write 4.7
SC Mixed 6.6
16% 5.67 GB/s
Latency 159
25% 159 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 41.6%
Great: 66%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
Tree trunk

System: Alienware 17

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