Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 9% Tree trunk	Desktop 50% Yacht	Workstation 7% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (29th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 71 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a below average single core score, this CPU can handle email, web browsing and audio/video playback but it will struggle to handle modern 3D games or workstation tasks such as video editing. Finally, with a gaming score of 46.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is below average.
Graphics	16.6% 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	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	32GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's far more than any current game requires. 32GB 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.

Very high background CPU (38%). 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	19.5 GB free of 32 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	2.5 Days
Run Date	Jan 11 '18 at 12:50
Run Duration	112 Seconds
Run User	USA-User
Background CPU	38%

PC Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4800MQ-$150 22,632 User benchmarks, average bench 63% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.7 GHz, turbo 1.6 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (9^th percentile)	46.5% Average	Memory 68.6 1-Core 41 2-Core 75.8 41% 61.8 Pts	4-Core 139 8-Core 170 20% 154 Pts	64-Core 202 12% 202 Pts
Poor: 34% ↑ This bench: 46.5% Great: 76%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 770M 6,357 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AE) 3GB CLim: 862 MHz, MLim: 1002 MHz, Ram: 3GB, Driver: 388.71 Performing way above expectations (96^th percentile)	16.6% Very poor	Lighting 19.8 Reflection 17.7 Parallax 23.3 16% 20.3 fps	MRender 22.4 Gravity 24.1 Splatting 19 18% 21.8 fps
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 16.6% Great: 17%

Drive	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
WD Black 2.5" 750GB (2011)-$87 21,339 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 178GB free (System drive) Firmware: A110 Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	16.3% Very poor	Read 28.7 Write 27.6 Mixed 47.6 27% 34.6 MB/s	4K Read 0.45 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.18 71% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 28% ↑ This bench: 16.3% Great: 71%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT41GS6AFR8A-PB 4x8GB 1,917 User benchmarks, average bench 54% 4 of 4 slots used 32GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	46.4% Average	MC Read 17.3 MC Write 19.6 MC Mixed 15.4 50% 17.4 GB/s	SC Read 8.7 SC Write 7.4 SC Mixed 11.1 26% 9.07 GB/s	Latency 105 38% 105 ns
Poor: 42% ↑ This bench: 46.4% Great: 66%

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

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Gaming 7%

Tree trunk

Desktop 55%

Gunboat

Workstation 7%

Tree trunk

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 $132	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $186	Nvidia RTX 4070 $409	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $34	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $35	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