Alienware 17

Performance Results

Benchmarks - missing SSD
Gaming 1% Tree trunk	Desktop 26% Raft	Workstation 1% Tree trunk


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (35th percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 65 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 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 27.2%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is very poor.
Graphics	2.91% is too low to play 3D games or use CAD packages. (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	12GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 12GB 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
Memory	7.6 GB free of 12 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1600 x 900 - 32 Bit couleurs
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20180129
Uptime	0.1 Days
Run Date	Jul 04 '18 at 14:39
Run Duration	152 Seconds
Run User	FRA-User
Background CPU	19%

PC Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4900MQ-$110 5,651 User benchmarks, average bench 68% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.8 GHz, turbo 3.55 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (1^st percentile)	27.2% Poor	Memory 7.12 1-Core 89.4 2-Core 130 37% 75.5 Pts	4-Core 252 8-Core 381 39% 316 Pts	64-Core 430 27% 430 Pts
Poor: 44% ↑ This bench: 27.2% Great: 78%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Intel HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz) 258,091 User benchmarks, average bench 3% Dell(1028 05AA) 1GB Driver: igdumdim64.dll Ver. 20.19.15.4963 Performing as expected (60^th percentile)	2.91% Terrible	Lighting 2.87 Reflection 3.81 Parallax 6.25 2% 4.31 fps	MRender 4.29 Gravity 2.4 Splatting 7.17 4% 4.62 fps
Poor: 2% ↑ This bench: 2.91% Great: 3%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k
Seagate FireCuda 2.5" 1TB-$56 127,507 User benchmarks, average bench 46% 800GB free (System drive) Firmware: SDM1 SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 90 90 86 89 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	41.5% Average	Read 61 Write 64.7 Mixed 54.7 SusWrite 83.2 49% 65.9 MB/s	4K Read 1 4K Write 1.2 4K Mixed 0.3 97% 0.83 MB/s
Poor: 20% ↑ This bench: 41.5% Great: 70%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 15,101 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 931GB free, PID a200 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 63 60 63 68 64 64 MB/s Performing below expectations (30^th percentile)	24.6% Poor	Read 33.2 Write 26.8 Mixed 29 SusWrite 63.6 54% 38.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.9 4K Mixed 0.4 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 13% ↑ This bench: 24.6% Great: 44%
TOSHIBA External USB 3.0 1TB 3,454 User benchmarks, average bench 31% 806GB free, PID a00d Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 71 76 80 74 76 MB/s Performing as expected (41^st percentile)	30.1% Below average	Read 67 Write 95.7 Mixed 29 SusWrite 75 91% 66.7 MB/s	4K Read 0.2 4K Write 1.3 4K Mixed 0.5 62% 0.67 MB/s
Poor: 14% ↑ This bench: 30.1% Great: 44%
Toshiba External USB 3.0 500GB 2,264 User benchmarks, average bench 27% 466GB free, PID a007 Operating at USB 3.0 Speed SusWrite @10s intervals: 73 73 74 76 74 75 MB/s Performing above expectations (70^th percentile)	31.5% Below average	Read 70.7 Write 73.3 Mixed 39.5 SusWrite 74.3 87% 64.4 MB/s	4K Read 0.4 4K Write 1.6 4K Mixed 0.7 80% 0.9 MB/s
Poor: 12% ↑ This bench: 31.5% Great: 43%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Micron 8KTF51264HZ-1G6E1 3x4GB 51 User benchmarks, average bench 43% 3 of 4 slots used 12GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way below expectations (4^th percentile)	28.9% Poor	MC Read 13 MC Write 12.1 MC Mixed 8.7 32% 11.3 GB/s	SC Read 3.6 SC Write 8.5 SC Mixed 5.9 17% 6 GB/s	Latency 431 9% 431 ns
Poor: 33% ↑ This bench: 28.9% Great: 54%

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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 $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