Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 1%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 24%
Surfboard
Workstation
Workstation 1%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing way below expectations (13th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 87 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 an extremely low single core score, this CPU can barely handle email and light web browsing. Finally, with a gaming score of 28.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics0.42% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
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.
Memory16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Very high background CPU (35%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 068R5X
Memory13.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180625
Uptime0 Days
Run DateJun 15 '23 at 15:58
Run Duration151 Seconds
Run User GBR-User
Background CPU 35%

 PC Performing way below expectations (13th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 0.8 GHz (avg)
Performing way below expectations (4th percentile)
28.4% Poor
Memory 45
1-Core 22
2-Core 37.5
24% 34.8 Pts
4-Core 65.7
8-Core 100
10% 82.8 Pts
64-Core 104
6% 104 Pts
Poor: 32%
This bench: 28.4%
Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)
Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB
Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463
Relative performance (0th percentile)
0.42% Terrible
Lighting 0.5
Reflection 8.1
Parallax 0.9
0% 3.17 fps
MRender 0.7
Gravity 0.3
Splatting 0.6
0% 0.53 fps
Poor: 2%
This bench: 0.42%
Great: 3%
Drive BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
WD WD10SPSX-60A6WT0 1TB
891GB free (System drive)
Firmware: 01.01A01
SusWrite @10s intervals: 100 126 106 122 121 132 MB/s
Performing below expectations (36th percentile)
62.2% Good
Read 97.7
Write 123
Mixed 58.3
SusWrite 118
73% 99.2 MB/s
4K Read 0.7
4K Write 5.2
4K Mixed 0.7
203% 2.2 MB/s
Poor: 43%
This bench: 62.2%
Great: 83%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Samsung M471B5173CB0-YK0 4x4GB
4 of 4 slots used
16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way below expectations (0th percentile)
33.5% Below average
MC Read 12.7
MC Write 12.4
MC Mixed 13.7
37% 12.9 GB/s
SC Read 5.1
SC Write 4.6
SC Mixed 7.1
16% 5.6 GB/s
Latency 180
22% 180 ns
Poor: 43%
This bench: 33.5%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,146 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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