Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 6% Tree trunk	Desktop 63% Destroyer	Workstation 5% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing way above expectations (92nd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 8 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. This PC is likely operated by a technical master!
Processor	With 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 71.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.86% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	The 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.
Memory	24GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 24GB will also allow for large file and system caches, virtual machine hosting, software development, video editing and batch multimedia processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

7 years ago, 7 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware Alienware 17
Memory	21.3 GB free of 24 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130606
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Apr 08 '17 at 03:32
Run Duration	133 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4700MQ-$209 69,603 User benchmarks, average bench 59% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.4 GHz, turbo 3.2 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	71.5% Very good	Memory 88.9 1-Core 92.5 2-Core 175 70% 119 Pts	4-Core 293 8-Core 468 47% 381 Pts	64-Core 504 31% 504 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 71.5% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) FAQ - How to force Optimus or Switchable discrete GPUs? Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4463 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.86% Terrible	Lighting 3.87 Reflection 6.73 Parallax 6.62 3% 5.74 fps	MRender 9.19 Gravity 2.33 Splatting 7.48 5% 6.33 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.86% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 666GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 2.0 300 MB/s Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 193 181 1341 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1027 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 95 95 4320 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1024 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 868 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 30 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 198 198 7298 (C2) HDA temperature 107 93 40 (C4) Reallocation count 200 200 0 (C5) Current pending sector count 200 200 0 (C6) Offline scan uncorrectable count 100 253 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 200 200 0 (C8) Write error rate 100 253 0 (F0) Head flying hours 95 95 4244 (F1) Unknown 200 200 7714141033 (F2) Unknown 200 200 11285205831 (FE) Unknown 187 187 13	70.6% Very good	Read 119 Write 127 Mixed 107 88% 118 MB/s	4K Read 0.59 4K Write 1.03 4K Mixed 0.17 63% 0.6 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 70.6% Great: 71%
90 User benchmarks, average bench 16% 15GB free, PID 5200 Operating at USB 3.1 Speed Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	36.4% Below average	Read 188 Write 27.8 Mixed 57.8 87% 91.3 MB/s	4K Read 8.12 4K Write 0.38 4K Mixed 0.03 44% 2.84 MB/s
Poor: 8% ↑ This bench: 36.4% Great: 36%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Unknown CT102464BF160B.M16 Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB CT102464BF160B.M16 Hynix HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 24GB 7 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 1600, 1600, 1600, 1600 MHz 8192, 4096, 8192, 4096 MB Performing above expectations (71^st percentile)	54.9% Above average	MC Read 20.7 MC Write 20.9 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 19.1 GB/s	SC Read 13.7 SC Write 17.5 SC Mixed 16.4 45% 15.9 GB/s	Latency 68.5 58% 68.5 ns
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 54.9% Great: 57%

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Gaming 7%

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Desktop 55%

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Workstation 7%

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System: Alienware 17

CPU
Core i7-4700MQIntel $209Bench 59%, 69,603 samples	453x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $50Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	308x
Core i7-4910MQIntel $110Bench 67%, 6,703 samples	124x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	626x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	119x
GTX 880MNvidiaBench 28%, 2,147 samples	99x

SSD
DMT-80M6M-11 mSATA 80GBLiteonitBench 67%, 888 samples	68x
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	36x
860 Evo 500GBSamsung $80Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	113x
8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GBMicronBench 53%, 1,119 samples	80x
M471B5173QH0-YK0 4x4GBSamsungBench 53%, 1,523 samples	64x

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Value: 63% - Good

Total price: $209

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $300	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $177	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16