Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 19% Surfboard	Desktop 76% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (60th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 40 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. Despite its good single core score this processor isn't appropriate for workstation use due to its relatively weak multi-core performance. Finally, with a gaming score of 67.3%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	20.7% is a below average 3D score (RTX 2060S = 100%). This GPU can handle older games but it will struggle to render recent games at resolutions greater than 1080p. (Note: general computing tasks don't require 3D graphics)
Boot Drive	74% 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 (19%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 068R5X
Memory	12.1 GB free of 16 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20130911
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Dec 24 '15 at 21:09
Run Duration	135 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing above expectations (60^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 2.45 GHz (avg) Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)	67.3% Good	Memory 90.3 1-Core 96.6 2-Core 137 68% 108 Pts	4-Core 241 8-Core 378 38% 310 Pts	64-Core 375 23% 375 Pts
Poor: 32% ↑ This bench: 67.3% Great: 71%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 780M 3,739 User benchmarks, average bench 23% Dell(1028 05AD) ≥ 4GB Driver: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 10.18.13.5850 Performing below expectations (20^th percentile)	20.7% Poor	Lighting 23.2 Reflection 21.3 Parallax 36.4 19% 27 fps	MRender 35.8 Gravity 27.6 Splatting 26.8 24% 30.1 fps
Poor: 18% ↑ This bench: 20.7% Great: 25%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
SanDisk Ultra II 960GB-$226 35,454 User benchmarks, average bench 85% 315GB free (System drive) Firmware: X35510RL Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing below expectations (25^th percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 15 100 15 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 7 (A5) Unknown 100 100 12886605844 (A6) Unknown 100 100 0 (A7) Unknown 100 100 23 (A8) Unknown 100 100 2 (A9) Unknown 100 100 0 (AB) Unknown 100 100 0 (AC) Unknown 100 100 0 (AD) Unknown 100 100 0 (AE) Unknown 100 100 3 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C2) HDA temperature 50 51 219044905010 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (E6) GMR head amplitude 100 100 12884901891 (E8) Unknown 100 100 100 (E9) Unknown 100 100 744 (EA) Unknown 100 100 837 (F1) Unknown 253 253 640 (F2) Unknown 253 253 31 (F4) Unknown 0 100 0	74% Very good	Read 490 Write 311 Mixed 317 82% 373 MB/s	4K Read 28.9 4K Write 50.2 4K Mixed 10.9 84% 30 MB/s	DQ Read 347 DQ Write 167 DQ Mixed 9.26 73% 174 MB/s
Poor: 62% ↑ This bench: 74% Great: 107%
Liteonit LMT-64M6M mSATA 64GB 230 User benchmarks, average bench 61% 59GB free Firmware: DM6110D Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (0C) Power cycle count 100 100 619 (AF) Unknown 100 100 0 (B0) Unknown 100 100 0 (B1) Unknown 100 100 260236 (B2) Unknown 100 100 0 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B4) Unknown 100 100 488 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 100 100 0 (F1) Unknown 100 100 267309 (F2) Unknown 100 100 208216	73% Very good	Read 512 Write 160 Mixed 244 66% 305 MB/s	4K Read 27.4 4K Write 53.4 4K Mixed 29.5 108% 36.8 MB/s	DQ Read 279 DQ Write 156 DQ Mixed 60.5 87% 165 MB/s
Poor: 45% ↑ This bench: 73% Great: 74%

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 above expectations (79^th percentile)	56% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 21.1 MC Mixed 16.6 56% 19.6 GB/s	SC Read 14 SC Write 13 SC Mixed 18.8 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 66.8 60% 66.8 ns
Poor: 41% ↑ This bench: 56% 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 $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