Alienware 17

Performance Results


Gaming 18% Surfboard	Desktop 79% Battleship	Workstation 16% Surfboard


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing above expectations (83rd percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 17 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 light workstation, and even some light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 74.5%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is good.
Graphics	17.2% 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	102% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum 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, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago, 5 years ago.

System	Alienware 17 (all builds)
Motherboard	Alienware 04WT2G
Memory	5.5 GB free of 8 GB @ 1.6 GHz
Display	1920 x 1080 - 32 Bit colors,
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20140924
Uptime	0 Days
Run Date	Nov 07 '18 at 19:45
Run Duration	125 Seconds
Run User	CAN-User
Background CPU	0%

PC Performing above expectations (83^rd percentile)

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

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-4710MQ-$44 15,557 User benchmarks, average bench 60% U3E1, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 2.5 GHz, turbo 3.5 GHz (avg) Performing way above expectations (98^th percentile)	74.5% Very good	Memory 89.6 1-Core 107 2-Core 181 75% 126 Pts	4-Core 321 8-Core 551 53% 436 Pts	64-Core 550 34% 550 Pts
Poor: 29% ↑ This bench: 74.5% 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: nvd3dumx.dll Ver. 21.21.13.7866 Performing way above expectations (93^rd percentile)	17.2% Very poor	Lighting 21.2 Reflection 21.5 Parallax 27.1 17% 23.3 fps	MRender 21 Gravity 26.7 Splatting 16.6 17% 21.4 fps
Poor: 11% ↑ This bench: 17.2% Great: 17%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 860 Evo 500GB-$76 762,998 User benchmarks, average bench 105% 202GB free (System drive) Firmware: RVT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 308 306 304 306 307 308 MB/s Performing as expected (42^nd percentile)	102% Outstanding	Read 500 Write 315 Mixed 310 SusWrite 307 80% 358 MB/s	4K Read 32.9 4K Write 112 4K Mixed 38.3 158% 61 MB/s	DQ Read 373 DQ Write 314 DQ Mixed 249 212% 312 MB/s
Poor: 74% ↑ This bench: 102% Great: 129%
Toshiba MQ01ABD100 1TB-$45 322,803 User benchmarks, average bench 47% 908GB free Firmware: AX0P2D SusWrite @10s intervals: 103 105 104 104 106 107 MB/s Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	59.7% Above average	Read 104 Write 94.9 Mixed 32 SusWrite 105 61% 83.8 MB/s	4K Read 0.5 4K Write 1.5 4K Mixed 0.4 93% 0.8 MB/s
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 59.7% Great: 62%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
Hynix HMT451S6BFR8A-PB 2x4GB 30,280 User benchmarks, average bench 48% 2 of 4 slots used 8GB SODIMM DDR3 clocked @ 1600 MHz Performing way above expectations (92^nd percentile)	56.2% Above average	MC Read 21.3 MC Write 19.9 MC Mixed 16.4 55% 19.2 GB/s	SC Read 15.4 SC Write 20.2 SC Mixed 17.8 51% 17.8 GB/s	Latency 67.8 59% 67.8 ns
Poor: 23% ↑ This bench: 56.2% Great: 57%

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System Memory Latency Ladder

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

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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	455x
Core i7-4710MQIntel $44Bench 60%, 15,557 samples	309x
Core i7-4800MQIntel $150Bench 63%, 22,632 samples	126x

GPU
HD 4600 (Mobile 1.15 GHz)IntelBench 3%, 258,091 samples	629x
GTX 770MNvidiaBench 16%, 6,357 samples	121x
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 $76Bench 105%, 762,998 samples	36x

RAM
HMT451S6AFR8A-PB 4x4GBHynixBench 53%, 1,671 samples	115x
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 i5-12600K $174	Nvidia RTX 4060 $293	Crucial MX500 250GB $39
Intel Core i5-12400F $120	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-13600K $260	Nvidia RTX 4070 $549	Samsung 870 Evo 250GB $44

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $40	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $28	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $48	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $62	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16