Check your benchmark results to see if they align with typical performance ranges for your CPU model.
Check your benchmark results to see if they align with typical performance ranges for your CPU model.
It's normal for a new PC to run slower initially. The performance can vary based on the system specifications and usage.
It's quite slow for an 11400; it should be reaching around $9-10K now.
The common causes are thermal throttling and insufficient power supply from the board...
It seems the 10m test was completed. With standard power constraints, performance will drop significantly. Adding thermal limits from CPU or VRM will further reduce scores. Setting Minimum Test Duration to "OFF" should yield a more accurate result for shorter CPU-heavy tasks. Leaving settings unchanged means results will still depend on your current output.
The result is better overall, though during one of the multi-core assessments the machine failed and I had to turn it off.
Hmm, seems you have some kind of instability going on. What kind of "crash" did you experience? Can you download and run HWInfo64 and see if you are having any WHEA errors?
The system rebooted while running one of the Cinebench tests. It seems the computer is responding very slowly, especially when launching small applications like Microsoft Edge and File Explorer. A screenshot of the hwinfo64 data and specifications was shared, but I’m not sure how to locate the crash error information.
There are several things I notice: First, this is an Alienware system, so there's going to be a ton of bloatware on it. Have you already reinstalled a fresh copy of Windows to get rid of all the Dell BS? Or at least uninstalled as much of it as you can? Second, are you sure that Windows is on the NVMe drive and not the hard drive? I wouldn't put it past Dell's level of incompetence to install the OS onto the hard drive, which would explain the sluggish performance. Third, as a Dell system, it's going to run the CPU using the Intel guidance, which means that the CPU can only run at max power for 56 seconds before dropping to 65W of power. This would result in a Cinebench score more like 7700 like shown above, rather than the potential 10,000. You may be able to remove this limit in the BIOS, or via another piece of software like Intel XTU or the proprietary Alienware Command Center.