Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming
Gaming 9%
Tree trunk
Desktop
Desktop 69%
Battle cruiser
Workstation
Workstation 8%
Tree trunk
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing above expectations (66th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 34 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 75.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics8.22% 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 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.
Memory8GB 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 VersionAlthough Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.
Run History
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 04WT2G
Memory5.8 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OSWindows 10
BIOS Date20180129
Uptime1 Days
Run DateApr 13 '18 at 22:03
Run Duration161 Seconds
Run User CAN-User
Background CPU4%

 PC Performing above expectations (66th percentile)

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

Processor BenchNormalHeavyServer
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$48
U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads
Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.15 GHz (avg)
Performing way above expectations (99th percentile)
75.4% Very good
Memory 87.1
1-Core 102
2-Core 196
74% 128 Pts
4-Core 364
8-Core 396
50% 380 Pts
64-Core 397
25% 397 Pts
Poor: 29%
This bench: 75.4%
Great: 73%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M
Dell(1028 05AE) 2GB
CLim: 915 MHz, MLim: 1250 MHz, Ram: 2GB, Driver: 391.35
Relative performance (0th percentile)
8.22% Terrible
Lighting 7.27
Reflection 16.6
Parallax 19.4
6% 14.4 fps
MRender 14.5
Gravity 15.6
Splatting 16
13% 15.4 fps
Poor: 11%
This bench: 8.22%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Seagate ST4000LM024-2AN17V 4TB
1.5TB free
Firmware: 0001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing as expected (42nd percentile)
46.7% Average
Read 101
Write 60.4
Mixed 44.8
51% 68.8 MB/s
4K Read 0.5
4K Write 4.36
4K Mixed 0.31
136% 1.72 MB/s
Poor: 29%
This bench: 46.7%
Great: 63%
Seagate ST2000LM003 HN-M201RAD 2TB
170GB free
Firmware: 2BC10001 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing way below expectations (18th percentile)
39.3% Below average
Read 67.1
Write 69.3
Mixed 85.3
56% 73.9 MB/s
4K Read 0.52
4K Write 2.24
4K Mixed 0.31
97% 1.02 MB/s
Poor: 23%
This bench: 39.3%
Great: 70%
Seagate ST2000LM015-2E8174 2TB
66GB free (System drive)
Firmware: SDM1 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s
Performing above expectations (74th percentile)
58.7% Above average
Read 104
Write 99.9
Mixed 72.6
69% 92.3 MB/s
4K Read 1.01
4K Write 1.52
4K Mixed 0.24
97% 0.93 MB/s
Poor: 31%
This bench: 58.7%
Great: 70%
Memory Kit BenchMulti coreSingle coreLatency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 2x4GB
2 of 4 slots used
8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz
Performing way above expectations (97th percentile)
57.3% Above average
MC Read 22.2
MC Write 21
MC Mixed 16.9
57% 20 GB/s
SC Read 14.3
SC Write 17.6
SC Mixed 17.7
47% 16.5 GB/s
Latency 70.3
57% 70.3 ns
Poor: 21%
This bench: 57.3%
Great: 57%

 System Memory Latency Ladder

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

Typical 17 Builds (Compare 1,150 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

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