Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 12% Tree trunk	Desktop 70% Battle cruiser	Workstation 11% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing as expected (45th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 55 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 72.7%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	9.91% 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	63.9% is a good SSD score. This drive enables fast boots, responsive applications and ensures minimum system IO wait times.
Memory	8GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's sufficient for the vast majority of games. 8GB is also enough for moderate file and system caches which result in a very responsive system.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Run History

5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	4.6 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	1.7 Days
Run Date	May 19 '18 at 21:13
Run Duration	156 Seconds
Run User	CRI-User
Background CPU	4%

PC Performing as expected (45^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$50 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.3 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (95^th percentile)	72.7% Very good	Memory 82.7 1-Core 90.8 2-Core 190 70% 121 Pts	4-Core 338 8-Core 521 53% 430 Pts	64-Core 520 32% 520 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 72.7% Great: 73%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia GTX 860M 18,736 User benchmarks, average bench 16% Dell(1028 05AA) 2GB Driver: nvldumdx.dll Ver. 24.21.13.9764 Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile)	9.91% Terrible	Lighting 10.1 Reflection 11.7 Parallax 20.3 8% 14.1 fps	MRender 15.6 Gravity 16.4 Splatting 16 13% 16 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 9.91% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$80 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 357GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q Max speed: SATA 3.0 600 MB/s Performing way below expectations (2^nd percentile) (ID) Attribute Now Worst Value (05) Reallocated sector count 100 100 0 (09) Power-on hours count 99 99 48 (0C) Power cycle count 99 99 37 (B1) Unknown 99 99 1 (B3) Unknown 100 100 0 (B5) Unknown 100 100 0 (B6) Unknown 100 100 0 (B7) Unknown 100 100 0 (BB) vendor-specific 100 100 0 (BE) vendor-specific 52 42 48 (C3) Hardware ECC recovered 200 200 0 (C7) UDMA CRC error rate 100 100 0 (EB) Unknown 99 99 7 (F1) Unknown 99 99 669578805	63.9% Good	Read 469 Write 377 Mixed 417 94% 421 MB/s	4K Read 16.1 4K Write 14.5 4K Mixed 11.2 46% 13.9 MB/s	DQ Read 221 DQ Write 147 DQ Mixed 76.5 86% 148 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 63.9% Great: 129%
Liteonit DMT-80 11GB 13 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 10GB free Firmware: MD1H Performing below expectations (33^rd percentile)	45.3% Average	Read 374 Write 202 Mixed 277 63% 284 MB/s	4K Read 11.1 4K Write 12.4 4K Mixed 8.5 34% 10.7 MB/s	DQ Read 157 DQ Write 189 DQ Mixed 50.9 72% 132 MB/s
Poor: 37% ↑ This bench: 45.3% Great: 65%
WD Blue 2.5" 1TB (2004)-$47 218,164 User benchmarks, average bench 45% 727GB free Firmware: 100. Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	47.6% Average	Read 80.5 Write 85.2 Mixed 84.7 63% 83.5 MB/s	4K Read 0.49 4K Write 1.77 4K Mixed 0.26 82% 0.84 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 47.6% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Samsung M471B5173QH0-YK0 2x4GB 30,873 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing above expectations (79^th percentile)	53.7% Above average	MC Read 21.2 MC Write 19.1 MC Mixed 16.2 54% 18.8 GB/s	SC Read 14.7 SC Write 14.1 SC Mixed 17.2 44% 15.3 GB/s	Latency 75.7 53% 75.7 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 53.7% Great: 57%

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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 $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 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	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