Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing CPU, SSD, RAM
Gaming
Gaming 0%
Incomplete
Desktop
Desktop 0%
Incomplete
Workstation
Workstation 0%
Incomplete
PC StatusOverall this PC is performing as expected (53rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 47 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
Graphics14% 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.
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 8.1 is a recent version of Windows, it's worth upgrading to Windows 10 which has had several improvements made to the user interface including a better homescreen.
High background CPU (28%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.
SystemAlienware 17  (all builds)
MotherboardAlienware 068R5X
Memory12.4 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
OSWindows 8.1
BIOS Date20131025
Uptime0.1 Days
Run DateSep 06 '15 at 13:12
Run Duration105 Seconds
Run User IND-User
Background CPU 28%

 PC Performing as expected (53rd 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 3.2 GHz (avg)
Relative performance n/a - benchmarks incomplete
1-Core 92.3
2-Core 186
63% 139 Pts
4-Core 325
8-Core 523
52% 424 Pts
64-Core 531
33% 531 Pts
Poor: 32% Great: 71%
Graphics Card Bench3D DX93D DX103D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M
Dell(1028 05AA) 3GB
Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5560
Performing below expectations (23rd percentile)
14% Very poor
Lighting 16.5
Reflection 15.1
Parallax 19.8
13% 17.1 fps
MRender 20.6
Gravity 17
Splatting 17.9
15% 18.5 fps
Poor: 14%
This bench: 14%
Great: 17%
Drives BenchSequentialRandom 4kDeep queue 4k
Intel Raid 0 Volume 1.5TB
1TB free (System drive)
Firmware: 1.0.
Performing as expected (46th percentile)
105% Outstanding
Read 171
Write 196
Mixed 172
135% 179 MB/s
4K Read 0.53
4K Write 2.41
4K Mixed 0.28
98% 1.07 MB/s
Poor: 47%
This bench: 105%
Great: 189%
Seagate FreeAgent 1TB
471GB free, PID 3008
Operating at USB 2.0 Speed
Performing way above expectations (89th percentile)
19.1% Very poor
Read 37.1
Write 39.5
Mixed 33.1
47% 36.5 MB/s
4K Read 0.87
4K Write 1.6
4K Mixed 0.51
75% 1 MB/s
Poor: 11%
This bench: 19.1%
Great: 20%
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Gaming
Gaming 7%
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Desktop
Desktop 55%
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Workstation
Workstation 7%
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System: Alienware 17

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