Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 4% Tree trunk	Desktop 36% Jet ski	Workstation 3% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall 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.
Processor	With a relatively low single core score, this CPU can handle email, light web browsing and basic audio/video playback, but it will struggle to handle CPU intensive tasks. Finally, with a gaming score of 37.9%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is poor.
Graphics	6.02% 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 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	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.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	12.8 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20131225
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Oct 22 '17 at 19:29
Run Duration	129 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	2%

PC Performing as expected (53^rd 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 0.8 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (8^th percentile)	37.9% Below average	Memory 61 1-Core 22.9 2-Core 44.8 31% 42.9 Pts	4-Core 81.8 8-Core 121 13% 101 Pts	64-Core 122 8% 122 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 37.9% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 765M 7,023 User benchmarks, average bench 13% Dell(1028 05AA) 2GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.6871 Relative performance (0^th percentile)	6.02% Terrible	Lighting 7.6 Reflection 6.65 Parallax 8.81 6% 7.69 fps	MRender 7.62 Gravity 6.93 Splatting 6.52 6% 7.02 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 6.02% Great: 14%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2013)-$65 16,938 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 528GB free (System drive) Firmware: 01.01A01 Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (99^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (01) Raw read error rate 200 200 0 (03) Spinup time 189 184 1508 (04) Start/Stop count 99 99 1419 (05) Reallocated sector count 200 200 0 (07) Seek error rate 200 200 0 (09) Power-on hours count 86 86 10276 (0A) Spinup retry count 100 100 0 (0B) Calibration retry count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 1411 (BF) G-sense error rate 1 1 20426 (C0) Power-off retract count 200 200 144 (C1) Load/Unload cycle count 192 192 26137 (C2) HDA temperature 105 93 42 (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 87 87 10026 (F1) Unknown 200 200 31250212572 (F2) Unknown 200 200 30464146149 (FE) Unknown 198 198 2	73.8% Very good	Read 134 Write 123 Mixed 109 92% 122 MB/s	4K Read 0.64 4K Write 1.95 4K Mixed 0.29 96% 0.96 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 73.8% Great: 71%
SanDisk Ultra USB 3.0 64GB-$9 17,023 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 14GB free, PID 5581 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed Performing way above expectations (100^th percentile)	47% Average	Read 157 Write 66.4 Mixed 93.2 120% 106 MB/s	4K Read 7.47 4K Write 2.57 4K Mixed 1.28 159% 3.78 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 47% Great: 39%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173DB0-YK0 4x4GB 1,054 User benchmarks, average bench 53% 4 of 4 slots used 16GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	41.6% Average	MC Read 15.5 MC Write 16.8 MC Mixed 16.2 46% 16.2 GB/s	SC Read 5.8 SC Write 4.8 SC Mixed 6.9 17% 5.83 GB/s	Latency 125 32% 125 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 41.6% Great: 58%

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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