Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 8% Tree trunk	Desktop 62% Destroyer	Workstation 8% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (46th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 54 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components.
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 70.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	3.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	75.1% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	16GB 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 Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Sub-optimal background CPU (14%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Run History

6 years ago, 6 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	11 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	3440 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors, 1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130911
Uptime	0.6 Days
Run Date	Sep 13 '17 at 14:20
Run Duration	155 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	14%

PC Performing as expected (46^th 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 3.05 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (94^th percentile)	70.3% Very good	Memory 84.3 1-Core 56.8 2-Core 179 61% 107 Pts	4-Core 304 8-Core 471 48% 388 Pts	64-Core 464 29% 464 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 70.3% 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. 20.19.15.4531 Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	3.91% Terrible	Lighting 3.8 Reflection 8.46 Parallax 6.78 3% 6.35 fps	MRender 9.67 Gravity 2.3 Splatting 7.87 6% 6.61 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 3.91% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Extreme Pro 480GB-$199 9,250 User benchmarks, average bench 93% 156GB free (System drive) Firmware: X21200RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (14^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 253 100 5454 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 691 (A6) Unknown 100 100 1 (A7) Unknown 100 100 53 (A8) Unknown 100 100 109 (A9) Unknown 100 100 1024 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 22 (AE) Unknown 100 100 77 (B8) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BC) Unknown 100 100 6 (C2) HDA temperature 69 55 236224577567 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (D4) Unknown 100 100 1 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 73 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 11678 (F1) Unknown 253 253 6229 (F2) Unknown 253 253 13223 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	75.1% Very good	Read 487 Write 413 Mixed 453 101% 451 MB/s	4K Read 16.5 4K Write 27.9 4K Mixed 18.3 63% 20.9 MB/s	DQ Read 277 DQ Write 211 DQ Mixed 54.7 92% 181 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 75.1% Great: 114%
Intel INTEL 11GB 9 User benchmarks, average bench 41% 10GB free Firmware: LG6i Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	36.9% Below average	Read 354 Write 92.6 Mixed 141 42% 196 MB/s	4K Read 11.7 4K Write 24.7 4K Mixed 9.96 44% 15.5 MB/s	DQ Read 81.4 DQ Write 97.2 DQ Mixed 18.2 34% 65.6 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 36.9% Great: 47%
Hitachi Hitachi 750GB 40 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 340GB free Firmware: JF4O Performing below expectations (38^th percentile)	44.2% Average	Read 89.6 Write 64.4 Mixed 65.6 55% 73.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.43 4K Write 1.13 4K Mixed 0.16 56% 0.57 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 44.2% Great: 75%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 4x4GB 1,119 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing below potential (21^st percentile) - ensure that a dual+ channel XMP BIOS profile is enabled: How to enable XMP	51.4% Above average	MC Read 20.4 MC Write 20.4 MC Mixed 15.6 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 9.7 SC Write 6.9 SC Mixed 14.8 30% 10.5 GB/s	Latency 73 55% 73 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 51.4% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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 $94Bench 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